Maulana Salman Nadvi again bats for shifting of Babri Masjid from Ayodhya
New Delhi: Prominent Islamic Scholar Maulana Salman Nadvi, who earlier initiated talks with Sri Sri Ravi Shanker to resolve the disputed Ayodhya issue through mediation and proposed to shift Babri Masjid, has once again said that there are clauses in Islam that allow shifting Masjids in Islam.
On Friday, when the Apex Court referred the Ayodhya dispute case for mediation and appointed a three-member body, Maulana once again added that Muslims should shift Masjid elsewhere from Ayodhya. He also added that prominent personalities like Ram should be respected by everyone and Ram Mandir should be allowed to be built in Ayodhya.
Maulana added that the move to shift Masjid will let peace prevail between the communities.
He cited instance from history when the second ‘Khaleefa’ of Islam Umar had shifted a Masjid to make space for a dates’ business center.
“If the case is contested in Court, one party will win and the other will lose. The winning party will pretend to be dominating while the other might feel inferior which will further disrupt peace between the two parties or communities. But if the issue can be resolved through mediation than relations between the two parties and communities will improve” he said will speaking to NDTV.
“It is for the betterment of our country. And for the cause of instilling unity between two communities we should shift the Masjid elsewhere” he further noted.
Maulana Salman Nadvi is a professor at Darul Uloom Nadwatul Ulama, Lucknow and was a member of All India Muslim Personal Law Board. He was later expelled from the Board after he initiated talks with Ravi Shanker and urged Muslims to shift the Masjid elsewhere while expressing his views on the issue.
Supreme Court on Friday ordered mediation in the case and formed a committee of three members headed by Justice Kalifulla. The committee includes Sri Sri Ravi Shankar and senior lawyer Sriram Panchu and will meet in Faizabad in a closed room meetings. The SC has allotted a eight-week time for the committee to mediate the case and has asked it to submit report to SC after four weeks on progress.
All the proceedings and information of mediation will be kept confidential and will not be made available for media or any other institution.
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Bengaluru: Karnataka’s district judiciary is facing a significant shortage of judicial officers, with approximately 27.5% of positions across the state's district courts remaining vacant.
According to data cited by The Times of India on Tuesday, out of a total of 21,541 positions, 5,926 remain unfilled, leading to concerns about the efficiency of the state's justice system.
Bengaluru city is particularly affected, with 835 vacancies out of 2,510 sanctioned posts. Bengaluru Rural courts follow closely with 532 vacant positions from a total of 1,003 sanctioned roles. Mandya district shows an alarming vacancy rate, with 376 vacancies against 844 sanctioned positions.
Several other major districts are also grappling with alarming staffing deficits, including Mysuru (299 vacancies) Belagavi (345), Tumakuru (279), Dakshina Kannada (312), and Hassan (207).
Apart from vacancies of judicial officers, 243 of the 1,395 sanctioned posts for district judge, ad-hoc district judge, senior civil judge and civil judge remain vacant, the report added.
Legal experts have stressed that addressing the judicial vacancy crisis should be a priority for the state government to ensure the effective functioning of the justice delivery system. These staffing shortages may contribute significantly to case backlogs and undermine public confidence in the judiciary.
Meanwhile, Minister for Law and Parliamentary Affairs M.B. Patil, recently stated in the legislative assembly that efforts to fill the vacancies are underway. He cited a notification from February 2025, which will see 158 civil judge positions filled in the near future.
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