India, Jan. 23 -- The Supreme Court on Thursday revived proceedings before the Madhya Pradesh High Court in the long-running dispute over the Bhojshala Temple-Kamal Maula Mosque complex in Dhar district, in the first such order of its kind after a moratorium by the apex court in 2024 while hearing challenges to the Places of Worship (Special Provisions) Act, 1991.

To be sure, the court ordered strict maintenance of status quo at the site and prohibited any change to the character of the structure.

A bench led by Chief Justice of India Surya Kant and comprising justices Joymalya Bagchi and Vipul M Pancholi permitted the Indore bench of the high court to open the sealed report submitted by the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) pursuant...