Malali mosque case: Karnataka HC reserves judgement on mosque dispute
Bengaluru, Jun 24: The High Court of Karnataka on Friday reserved its judgement on the maintainability of a suit pending before a court in Mangaluru, seeking survey of a mosque.
The suit is before the III Additional Civil Court in Mangaluru and is regarding the Assayed Abdullahi Madani mosque in Malali, Thenka Ulipady village, near Mangaluru.
Architecture resembling a temple was allegedly found during renovation of the mosque.
T A Dhananjaya and B A Manoj Kumar filed the suit seeking a survey of the mosque to verify if part of it is a temple.
The local court in Mangaluru was hearing arguments whether such a suit was maintainable.
Meanwhile, the same persons approached the High Court requesting that the lower court should not decide on the maintainability of the suit, but appoint a commissioner to conduct the survey.
A single-judge bench of the High Court of Justice Sachin Shankar Magadum had earlier directed the lower court not to pass orders on maintainability of the suit till the HC disposed of the petition.
The HC heard arguments of both the petitioners and the mosque authorities and on Thursday reserved its judgement for pronunciation.
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Bihar: Over 150 children fall ill after consuming 'mid-day meal' in Saharsa
Saharsa (PTI): More than 150 children were taken ill after allegedly consuming food that was part of the mid-day meal in a school in Bihar’s Saharsa district, a senior official said on Thursday.
The incident occurred at a middle school in Baluaha village of the district.
The official said that 115 children were undergoing treatment at the Sadar Hospital, while around 50 students were admitted to Mahishi Public Health Centre.
“We received information that several children fell ill after consuming the mid-day meal in Baluaha. The children were initially treated at the primary health centre, but later, many were referred to the Sadar Hospital,” Saharsa District Magistrate Deepesh Kumar told reporters.
“According to doctors, the health condition of the children has improved, but they will be kept under observation for some time. There is no need to panic. Some kids are having mild fever. They are being treated accordingly,” Kumar said.
Meanwhile, family members of some children claimed that a snake was found in the container in which cooked pulses was stored at the school.
Of the 545 students present in the school, 200 had already eaten their meals by the time the snake was spotted, and later complained of stomach ache and vomiting, they said.
Regarding the claims, the DM said food samples have been collected from the school.
“We will be able to comment on this only after the results of the tested samples arrive,” he said.
