India, Aug. 21 -- MEERUT A court in Chandausi on Thursday fixed August 28 to hear the ongoing Sambhal's Shahi Jama Masjid-Harihar temple dispute in Uttar Pradesh. The matter was listed for hearing before civil judge (senior division) Aditya Kumar Singh.

During the hearing, Masjid committee's counsel Shakeel Ahmad Warsi submitted a Supreme Court order, citing the "Ashwini Kumar vs Union of India" case in which the apex court stayed proceedings in all matters linked to the Places of Worship Act. He argued that the Sambhal case, therefore, does not fall under the jurisdiction of the local court.

Advocate of the Hindu side, Shri Shri Gopal Sharma, objected to the Masjid committee's stance. Sharma said the opposite party was required to file...