The Shahi Idgah-Krishna Janmabhoomi dispute revolves around a mosque adjacent to the Krishna Janmabhoomi temple in Mathura
Shahi Idgah is claimed to be built over Lord Krishna's birthplace by Mughal emperor Aurangzeb in 1670
The Allahabad High Court has allowed a court-appointed survey of the Shahi Idgah mosque following a plea by representatives of deity Shri Krishna and others
The legal conflict intensified post the 2019 Babri Masjid judgment, leading to several related cases being filed and later consolidated by the Allahabad High Court in 2023
The mosque committee and the U.P. Sunni Central Waqf Board argue against the mosque's encroachment on the temple land, a claim examined through the court-permitted survey
The defense cites the Places of Worship (Special Provisions) Act, 1991, which prohibits changing the nature of any place of worship as it existed in 1947, but Hindu groups contest its application to ancient temples
The site originally housed a temple built in 1618 and demolished in 1670, thereafter changing ownership several times
A 1968 agreement shared the land between the temple and mosque, but this is now contested by groups seeking full temple ownership