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News Topical, Digital Desk : The Supreme Court will hear on Wednesday a plea challenging the Madhya Pradesh High Court order that it inspect the Bhojshala Temple-Kamal Maula Mosque complex in Dhar before April 2, relating to "several disputes" surrounding the ASI-protected structure.
The Hindu community considers Bhojshala a temple dedicated to Goddess Saraswati, while the Muslim side claims that the 11th-century monument is the Kamal Maula Mosque.
According to the Supreme Court list, a three-judge bench comprising Chief Justice Surya Kant and Justices Jaymalya Bagchi and Vipul M. Pancholi is likely to consider the appeal filed by Maulana Kamaluddin Welfare Society.
On March 16, a bench of Justices Vijay Kumar Shukla and Alok Awasthi of the Madhya Pradesh High Court had fixed the regular hearing of petitions related to the disputed Bhojshala Temple-Kamal Maula Masjid complex before April 2 and said it would inspect the site.
Two High Court judges inspected the complex in Dhar on March 28. According to an ASI order dated April 7, 2003, Hindus are permitted to worship at the temple complex every Tuesday, while Muslims are permitted to offer namaz every Friday.
The disputed complex in Dhar is protected by the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI), which conducted a scientific survey of it following High Court orders and submitted a detailed report.
The ASI's over 2,000-page report said a larger structure was an ancient temple during the rule of the Parmar kings of Dhar and the present disputed structure was built by reusing parts of the ancient temples.
The Hindu community, which has filed the primary petition in the court to determine the religious nature of the entire disputed complex, claims that coins, sculptures and inscriptions found by the ASI during its scientific survey prove that the structure was originally an ancient temple.
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