Indore, May 12 (PTI) The Madhya Pradesh High Court on Tuesday reserved its decision on the Bhojshala Complex -Kamal Maula Mosque dispute after the hearing of the case, going on for about a month, concluded.
Justices Vijay Kumar Shukla and Alok Awasthi of the Indore bench of the High Court heard five petitions and a writ appeal filed by Hindu, Muslim and Jain organisations from April 6.
After the arguments ended on Tuesday, the court reserved its decision which would be pronounced in due course.
The dispute pertains to the religious nature of the Bhojshala complex, an Archaeological Survey of India-protected monument in Dhar district. Hindu litigants claim that it was originally a temple of Goddess Vagdevi or Saraswati while Muslims claim that it is the Kamal Maula Mosque.
Jains have also claimed that the disputed structure was a Jain temple.
The legal issues involved complexities of different religious beliefs, historical events and legal provisions related to the disputed monument as well as thousands of documents.
The ASI, in its over 2,000-page report of a scientific survey of the monument, indicated that a massive structure dating to the reign of the Parmar kings of Dhar existed earlier, and the current disputed structure was built by reusing parts of temples. PTI HWP MAS KRK
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