“Baghpat court gives ownership rights of Mahabharata era Lakshagriha to Hindu side, rejects Muslim side’s Sufi shrine claim”, Opindia, February 5, 2024:

“Ending a 53-year-long legal battle, the Additional District Judge (ADJ) Court in Baghpat on 5th February (Monday), handed over the ownership rights of over 100 bighas of land related to Mahabharata era Lakshagriha to the Hindu side. The Civil Judge Shivam Dwivedi rejected the suit of the Muslim side which claimed the presence of the tomb of Badruddin and a graveyard at the site to dispute the nature of the site and/or stake claim over it. 

Notably, the said parcel of land falls in Baghpat, Uttar Pradesh and spans over 108 bighas. Additionally, a tunnel is also present here which is said to be from the Pandava period. It is claimed that the Pandavas escaped from Lakshagriha through this tunnel. 

The case involving the Lakshagriha had been ongoing in the courts between the Hindu and Muslim sides since 1970 which was first filed in a Meerut court. In the year 1970, this case was going on before the Civil Judge Junior Division I in the then Meerut (Baghpat was not a district then, Baghpat was made a district in 1997) District and Sessions Court…..”

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