Supreme Court Dismisses PIL To Ban Building Babri Masjids Or Any Mosque In Babur's Name

The Supreme Court on Friday rejected a public interest litigation seeking a nationwide restraint on the construction of, or naming of, any mosque or other religious structure after Babur or “Babri Masjid”.

A bench comprising Justices Vikram Nath and Sandeep Mehta declined to entertain the plea.

During the hearing, counsel for the petitioner argued that no mosque should be constructed or named after Babur, describing him as an “invader”. It was also submitted that Babur had referred to Hindus as slaves and that action ought to be taken against persons allegedly engaging in such activities.

The plea sought a broad direction restraining authorities from permitting the construction or naming of any mosque in the name of Babur or Babri Masjid anywhere in India.

As the Court expressed disinclination to entertain the matter, the petitioner withdrew the same. Accordingly, the PIL was dismissed as withdrawn.

Recently, a former member of Trinamool Congress, Humayun Kabir, created a controversy, after he announced the plan to construct Babri Masjid in Murshidabad in West Bengal.

In the November 2019 judgment allowing the construction of Ram Mandir at the disputed site in Ayodhya, the Supreme Court had termed the destruction of Babri Masjid in 1992 an egregious violation of the rule of law. The Court had directed that 5 acres of an alternate site should be allotted in a prominent place in Ayodhya itself for the reconstruction of Babri Masjid.

Case Title: DEVKINANDAN @ DEVKI NANDAN PANDEY Versus UNION OF INDIA AND ORS., W.P.(C) No. 63/2026