Muslim parties filed a Special Leave Petition in India’s Supreme Court challenging a Madhya Pradesh High Court ruling that recognized the Bhojshala-Kamal Maula complex in Dhar as a Hindu temple and granted exclusive worship rights to Hindus.
The petition by Quazi Moinuddin was registered as Diary No. 32281/2026 and listed as pending on the apex court’s website. It contests the May 15 judgment by an Indore bench that set aside a 2003 Archaeological Survey of India arrangement permitting Muslim prayers at the protected monument.
The high court held the site’s religious character is that of a Bhojshala temple dedicated to Goddess Saraswati and directed authorities to consider providing alternative land for a mosque. Hindu groups filed a caveat seeking notice before any interim relief.
The dispute over the centuries-old site in central India has remained among the country’s most sensitive religious cases. Muslim leaders said they would seek to prove that namaz has historically been offered at the complex. Security forces deployed heavily in Dhar after the high court verdict as Hindu groups held large prayer gatherings.
The high court cited archaeological and historical evidence that King Bhoj established the site in 1034 as a Sanskrit learning center dedicated to Goddess Saraswati. It relied in part on precedent from the Ayodhya title dispute. Jitendra Singh Vishen filed the Hindu-side caveat through counsel, requesting an opportunity to respond before any interim order affecting worship arrangements.
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