Shimla, Oct. 30 -- The Additional District Judge Shimla today heard a petition on the demolition of the lower two floors of the controversial Sanjauli mosque in Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. The court upheld the orders of the Municipal Commissioner's Court that ordered the demolition of the two floors.
The Waqf Board had challenged the May 3 orders of the Shimla Municipal Commissioner's Court, which declared the entire mosque illegal and ordered its demolition. Today, the district court also upheld the orders to demolish the entire structure of the Sanjauli mosque.
On October 6, Additional District Judge Yajuvendra Singh, after hearing arguments from the Waqf Board and Municipal Corporation's lawyers, listed the case for today for a final ord...