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A Division Bench of the Madhya Pradesh High Court, proceeding a batch of petitions related to the Bhojshala-Kamal Maula mosque case said connected Monday (March 16, 2026) that it would sojourn the disputed tract successful Dhar up of the adjacent proceeding connected April 2.
The existent hearings are going connected successful the aftermath of a survey study submitted by the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) successful July, 2024. The court, successful January 2026, allowed each parties to taxable objections oregon suggestions connected the report. Members of the Hindu assemblage judge the tract to beryllium a temple dedicated to Goddess Vagdevi (Saraswati), built by King Bhoj of the Paramara dynasty.
During Monday’s (March 16, 2026) proceeding successful Indore, Justices Vijay Kumar Shukla and Alok Awasthi said, “Parties whitethorn taxable their respective objections/opinions/suggestions oregon recommendations successful respect of the study of the Archaeological Survey of India earlier the adjacent date, if not already filed. The Court proposes to sojourn the tract earlier the adjacent day of hearing.”
The Bench said that nary of the parties successful the lawsuit would beryllium contiguous during the tract visit. The tribunal besides asked the parties to contiguous their last arguments during the April 2 hearing. The astir 2,200-page ASI study said that the contiguous operation was built implicit the ruins of past temples utilizing parts of those buildings.
“It tin beryllium said that the existing operation is constructed implicit a pre-existing operation of basalt, the little portion of which inactive exists arsenic the basal of the contiguous structure,” the study said, adding that a ample operation dating backmost to the reign of the Paramara kings of Dhar betwixt the 10th and 11th period CE predated the mosque.
“Remains of these earliest structures constructed astatine the tract inactive beryllium in-situ and are covered nether heavy and dense slabs of basalt utilized during the operation of the platform. Based connected the artefacts recovered during the investigations, these ceramic structures tin beryllium dated to the Paramara period, i.e., 10th-11th period CE,” it said
While petitioners from the Hindu assemblage person expressed restitution with the survey report, representatives of the Muslim broadside alleged that the ASI had ignored their earlier objections.
The tract is an ASI-protected 11th-century monument. Under an statement with the ASI successful 2003, Hindus are allowed to execute puja astatine the analyzable each Tuesday, portion Muslims connection namaz determination each Friday.
