New Delhi, May 15 -- Two caveat pleas have been moved in the Supreme Court hours after the Madhya Pradesh High Court declared the disputed Bhojshala-Kamal Maula complex in Dhar a temple, anticipating that parties from the Muslim side may challenge the verdict before the apex court.

The disputed site in Dhar has long been claimed by Hindus as a temple and by Muslims as a mosque. Pending adjudication, the State authorities had put in place a shared arrangement for religious practices while the site remained under the supervision of the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI), which had also surveyed the complex.

First, a caveat plea was filed by Hindu-side litigant Jitendra Singh Vishen, who is also a petitioner before the High Court in the ...