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Court orders status quo on temple abutting Charminar
Monday November 05, 2012 11:32:39 PM,
IANS
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Hyderabad: The Andhra
Pradesh High Court Monday ordered that status quo, as of Oct 30,
be maintained at a temple abutting the historic Charminar monument
here and directed that no construction activity be taken up
touching the monument.
The division bench comprising acting Chief Justice Pinaki Chandra
Ghose and Justice Vilas V. Afzulpurkar was dealing with three
public interest litigations filed by corporators belonging to the
Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (MIM).
Mohsin Balala, one of the petitioners, told IANS that the court
directed that status quo, as of Oct 30, be maintained. The court
directed all parties to file the affidavits within four weeks and
posted the next hearing after five weeks.
The petitioners sought a stay on construction activity, saying it
posed a threat to the over 400-year-old Charminar, a protected
monument.
The Bhagyalakshmi Temple Committee, Vishwa Hindu Parishad and some
other groups had impleaded themselves in the case, opposing the
petitions.
The bench observed that while there was no dispute that the temple
was there for a long time, the main grievance of the petitioners
was that attempts were being made to expand the temple by touching
the pillars of the Charminar.
"We make it clear that since Charminar has already been declared
as a historical monument and thereby protected under the Ancient
Monuments and Archaeological Sites and Remains Act, 1958, no
construction touching the said monument can be done by any party
in any matter whatsoever," the court said.
Tension has been building in the city since Oct 31 when some
people tried to expand the temple abutting the monument, leading
to protests from people belonging to the other community.
Violent incidents took place in the communally sensitive Old City
Friday and late Sunday night.
The Charminar, an impressive square monument with four minarets,
was built by Mohammed Quli Qutab Shah in 1591 to commemorate the
end of the plague in the city.
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