Jaipur, July 19 || The hearing on the claim related to a Shiva temple within the Ajmer Dargah premises was postponed on Saturday. The civil court has now scheduled the next hearing for August 30.
In anticipation of the proceedings, additional police force was deployed at the court premises alongside the Civil Lines Police Station. Advocate Yogendra Ojha stated that the hearing was deferred due to the judicial officer being on leave and judicial staff observing a mass leave.
He added that earlier applications submitted by the Dargah Committee and the Minority Affairs Department have been officially presented and will be debated in the next hearing.
The petition was filed by Vishnu Gupta, National President of Hindu Sena and a resident of Delhi. He approached the court seeking uninterrupted worship at the Sankat Mochan Shiva Temple which he claims exists within the Dargah premises of Khwaja Moinuddin Hasan Chishti.
Lawyers representing the Dargah Committee and the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) submitted separate applications stating that Gupta failed to follow the required legal procedures before filing the case. Gupta asserts that he possesses the ancient Sanskrit text 'Prithviraj Vijay', written in 1250 AD, which details the historical presence of a Shiva temple in Ajmer.