Supreme Court orders removal of mosque from Allahabad High Court premises

The Supreme Court on Monday ordered removal of a mosque from the premises of the Allahabad High Court within three months. Abench of Justices MR Shah and CT Ravikumar told the petitioners opposing the demolition that the structure stood on a terminated lease property and they cannot claim it as a matter of right to continue.
Waqf Masjid High Court and UP Sunni Central Waqf Board had moved SC to challenge a November 2017 Allahabad High Court order, which had given them three months to move the mosque out of the premises. SC allowed petitioners to make a representation to the UP government for allotment of land nearby for the mosque. “We further grant three months’ time to demolish the construction in question by the petitioners and if the construction is not removed within a period of three months from today, it will be open for authorities including the high court to have them removed or demolished,” SC said in its order