Court wants mosque on its land removed

ALLAHABAD: The Allahabad high court on Wednesday ordered removal of a mosque built on the court's land after encroachment and directed the HC registrar general to ensure that in future no part of the HC premises, either at Allahabad or at Lucknow, is allowed to be used for religious activities .

Allowing a PIL filed by a high court lawyer, Abhishek Shukla, a division bench comprising Chief Justice Dilip Babasaheb Bhosale and Justice Manoj Kumar Gupta also directed the mosque authorities (waqf) to vacate the site in dispute and peacefully hand over its possession to the high court within three months from Wednesday.