Overview
- The Indore bench, which heard the dispute daily since April 6, reserved its decision Tuesday after closing arguments from Hindu, Muslim and Jain parties.
- The ASI’s 2,000-plus page survey said the current structure reused parts of a Parmar-era temple, and its counsel said carbon dating does not work on stone and that Muslim experts joined the survey team.
- Lawyers for the Maulana Kamaluddin Welfare Society called the survey biased, citing missing or very short videos, excavation despite court caution, clean artefacts found near plastic waste, and the lack of carbon dating.
- In a written filing, the Madhya Pradesh government said the site was never a mosque and that the Muslim community has no right to offer namaz there.
- Hindu petitioners sought exclusive worship rights, an end to Friday prayers, creation of a managing trust, and the return of the Vagdevi idol, while Jain petitioners claimed the site began as a Jain temple.