Allahabad, May 19 -- The Allahabad High Court on Monday upheld the trial court's order to survey the Shahi Jama Masjid in Uttar Pradesh's Sambhal district.

The petition filed by the Muslim side, seeking to halt the trial court proceedings, was rejected after the court found "no issues with the trial court order" in the ongoing dispute between the Jama Masjid and the Harihar Mandir in the district.

Reacting to the judgment, advocate Vishnu Shankar Jain said that the High Court has rejected all objections raised regarding the appointment of the Survey Commissioner by the Civil Judge (Senior Division), Chandausi.

"This is a very important decision of the Allahabad High Court and all those who had spread the misconception in the country th...