Jamshedpur, March 11 -- The Supreme Court (SC) on Wednesday refused to stay the Jharkhand High Court's (HC) January 14 order to demolish the Mahalakshmi Temple building governed by the Thakurbari Marwari Trust under Sakchi police station in Jamshedpur, lawyers close to the development said.

"The SC bench of Justice Vikram Nath and Justice Sandeep Mehta refused to grant stay order after hearing the special leave petition by Kamal Agarwal challenging the HC's demolition order for the 24 buildings, including Thakurbari Lakshmi Temple under Sakchi PS. The court will hear the case again on March 16," Rishav Ranjan, representing Rakesh Jha, the original petitioner against illegal constructions in Jamshedpur, told HT on Wednesday.

"I told the ...