New Delhi: The end of a 50-year legal battle. A court in Uttar Pradesh’s Baghpat district has declared a land in Baghpat district as a ‘Jatugriha’ for Hindus. In this case, the Hindu side claimed that the place was ‘Jatugriha’ of the time of Mahabharata. The Muslim side said that there is a tomb of a Sufi saint there. After five decades, the local court of Uttar Pradesh has handed over the ownership of the disputed land to Hindus.
The legal battle over Jatugriha vs Mazar was going on for almost 53 years. Regarding the disputed land of Baghpat, the Hindus said that the place is Jatugriha of Mahabharata. Where the Kauravas tried to burn the Pandavas. So they should get ownership of this land. On the other hand, Muslims claim that the tomThere was a five-decade dispute between the two sides. The verdict in the case was pronounced by the district and sessions court in Baghpat on Monday, February 5. During the hearing, Judge Shivam Dwivedi handed over the ownership of the disputed land over 100 bighas to the Hindu side. All Muslim demands were rejected.
In 1972, Waqf Board member Mukhim Khan had filed a suit claiming ownership over the disputed land. A legal battle broke out with the opposition Krishnadutt Maharaj over the so-called tomb. Mukhim Khan said that there is a tomb of Sufi saint Sheikh Badruddin there. It was Krishnadutt Maharaj who filed the case on behalf of the Hindus. He claimed that the portion of land in Barnawa village belonged to Jatugriha of the Mahabharata and Gandhidham Ashram owned the rest of the land.b on the land belongs to Sufi saint Sheikh Badruddin.
