comply fully with bhojshala order, SC tells M.P. government
New Delhi, July 23 -- The Supreme Court on Wednesday directed the Central government as well as the Madhya Pradesh government to comply "in letter and spirit" with its order passed on July 14 this year requiring authorities to provide a separate space "adjacent to or near" the disputed Bhojshala Temple-Kamal Maula Mosque complex in Dhar for members of the Muslim community to offer Friday namaz as an interim arrangement, after it was informed that the site identified by the administration was nearly two kilometres away.
A bench headed by Chief Justice of India Surya Kant, and comprising justices Joymalya Bagchi and V Mohana, observed that the authorities were bound to faithfully implement its previous directions and posted the matter for further hearing on Friday to monitor compliance.
The issue was mentioned before the bench by senior advocate Huzefa Ahmadi, appearing for the Muslim petitioners, who submitted that the site marked by the authorities was around two kilometres from the complex.
"They have allocated a place two kilometres away from the site," Ahmadi told the court.P4...
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