India, May 13 -- The Indore bench of the Madhya Pradesh High Court on Tuesday reserved its order in the Bhojshala case after concluding arguments from all parties over the religious nature of the disputed Bhojshala Temple-Kamal Maula Mosque complex in Dhar.

A division bench of Justices Vijay Kumar Shukla and Alok Awasthi heard arguments for 36 days before reserving the matter. They were hearing the case on a daily basis from April 6.

The dispute pertains to the religious nature of the Bhojshala complex, an Archaeological Survey of India-protected monument in Dhar district. Hindu litigants claimed that it was originally a temple of Goddess Vagdevi or Saraswati while Muslims claimed that it was a mosque. A Jain petitioner claimed that the...