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Delhi's Akbarabadi Mosque: Radar survey to
confirm existence
Friday August 31, 2012 08:12:52 PM,
IANS
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New Delhi:
The Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) Friday told the Delhi
High Court that the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kanpur
would carry out a survey to ascertain if there any Mughal-era
mosque structure existed near Subhash Park in central Delhi.
The ASI submitted its status report in a sealed cover to a special
bench of Acting Chief Justice A.K. Sikri, Justice S.K. Kaul and
Justice Rajiv Shakdher saying that IIT-Kanpur will conduct a
ground penetration radar survey of the site and submit its report
by the end of September.
It further submitted that after IIT-Kanpur submit its report, the
ASI will start its work on the site.
During the course of hearing, the North Delhi Municipal
Corporation cleared its stand on the issue and said that it is
ready to comply with the court's July 30 order to demolish the
illegal structure that came up in the park but sought police
assistance for the purpose.
The court July 30 asked the ASI and the corporation to remove the
structure, and instructed police to provide protection to the
demolition team.
Counsel for the civic agency said that the agency is not into the
matter of mosque or temple and it is not favouring any religion.
"Let police provide us force and we will demolish the structure
within two hours," MCD added asking court to fix date and time of
demolition of illegal structure.
Meanwhile, the court abruptly adjourned the case for next Friday
after lawyers and people of both the parties affected the decorum
of court.
During the arguments of senior advocate K.T.S. Tulsi appearing for
legislator Shoaib Iqbal, other parties including lawyers present
in the court and supporters of both the sides raised objection to
his submission to allow prayers on the disputed land.
"Though we have started hearing the matter, we have to abruptly
adjourn the matter because of presence of large number of people
in the court which is creating disturbance in smooth functioning
of the proceedings," said the court in its order.
The order further stated: "It has created atmosphere of
indiscipline. And is affecting court decorum. Influenced by their
presence, even at times there is an attempt to play to the
gallery. We feel that hearing can not take place in such an
atmosphere and in a matter like this, there is no need for such
large gathering."
The bench made it clear that only the counsel appearing for the
parties and journalists would be present in the court during the
hearing of the case.
The dispute began after the construction had come up over the
ruins of another structure believed to be from the Mughal era. It
had surfaced during the digging work for a Delhi Metro station.
The court handed over the site to the ASI to ascertain if the
ruins were indeed the remains of the Akbarabadi mosque from the
Mughal era.
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