By The Wire Staff
New Delhi: The Hindu and Muslim sides in the Gyanvapi mosque dispute, the Sri Krishna Janmabhoomi-Shahi Eidgah land dispute in Mathura, as well as the Jama Masjid dispute in Uttar Pradesh’s Sambhal case have declined to participate in the Supreme Court’s proposed consensual dispute resolution process, stating that these are not matters that can be resolved in a Lok Adalat session, Hindustan Times reported.
They have instead opted to have the contentious litigations adjudicated on their legal merits.
Per the daily, the Supreme Court administration had recently written to the contesting parties in all three temple-mosque disputes, inviting them to explore an amicable settlement under the apex court’s nationwide mediation initiative, “Supreme Court Action for Mediated Adjudication and Disputes Harmonization Across Nation (Samadhan Samaroh) 2026”. This initiative is to culminate in a special Lok Adalat from August 21 to 23.
However, all the parties involved have informed the top court, along with the respective state and district legal services authorities, that they were not inclined to participate in it, as it involved com
Per the report, litigants associated with all three disputes told HT that they were of the view that such cases involving competing claims over places of worship, title, constitutional issues and matters of public importance should be adjudicated by courts, and not resolved through a Lok Adalat or mediated settlement.
The responses from the lawyers, litigants and parties involved in the three temple disputes have effectively ruled out the possibility of any of them figuring among matters that may be taken up during the special Lok Adalat.
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