Allahabad HC seeks Uttar Pradesh govt’s reply over Saharanpur Mosque demolition, stays ₹6.41 crore damage recovery
The petitioner submitted in the court that authorities moved quickly to demolish the mosque, tearing it down within three days of the eviction order.
The Allahabad High Court has stayed the recovery of ₹6.41 crore damages from the committee of a mosque demolished at the Saharanpur Collectorate complex. The court sought responses from the Uttar Pradesh government and local administration over the demolition exercise. The petitioner, Mohammad Tanveer Ahmad, challenged the eviction proceedings initiated against him under Section 5 of the Public Premises (Eviction of Unauthorised Occupants) Act, 1971, claiming he had been in possession of the land for over a hundred years.
The court issued a notice to the state, directing it to file its counter affidavit within three weeks.
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