Petition filed claiming Sambhal’s Jama masjid built on temple, survey ordered

The Jama Masjid in Uttar Pradesh’s Sambhal district is making headlines with a Supreme Court lawyer arguing the mosque is built on the remains of a temple.

A petition was filed by senior advocate Vishnu Shankar Jain in the



district court who alleged the Jama Masjid of Sambhal is actually a temple.

Vishnu Shankar Jain, along with his father Hari Shankar Jain, is currently representing similar cases such as the Krishna Janmabhoomi and Gyanvapi cases.