Jabalpur, February 18 The Madhya Pradesh High Court, based in Jabalpur, on Wednesday directed its Indore bench to hear a series of petitions related to the Bhojshala Temple-Kamal Maula Mosque complex dispute.
A division bench comprising Chief Justice Sanjeev Sachdeva and Justice Vinay Saraf said the disputed structure is located in the Dhar district, which falls under the jurisdiction of the Indore bench.
Since the concerned parties also belong to the same region, the petitions should be heard there, it said.
The principal bench has scheduled the next hearing of the case on February 23 in the Indore bench.
Hindus consider Bhojshala as a temple dedicated to Vagdevi (Goddess Saraswati), while the Muslim community claims the 11th-century monument to be the Kamal Maula Mosque. The complex is protected by the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI).
According to the existing arrangement under the ASI's April 2023 order, which was initiated after the dispute over the Dhar complex, Hindus are allowed to worship there every Tuesday, while Muslims are allowed to offer namaz every Friday.
One of the litigants, Hindu Front for Justice's counsel Vinay Joshi, who attended the hearing online from Indore, told