Allahabad HC Allows Impleadment Of Mathura's Idgah Mosque As Defendant In Suit Claiming Aurangzeb Engraved Hindu Idols On Masjid Staircases

The Allahabad High Court last week allowed an application filed by Shahi Masjid Idgah, Mathura, seeking the impleadment in a suit filed by Thakur Keshav Dev Ji, Maharaj Virajman Mandir Katra Keshavdev (suit no. 3 in the Krishna Janmabhoomi-Shahi Eidgah Dispute). In this suit, the plaintiffs claim that Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb demolished the Katra Keshdev Temple temple in 1670,...