Shimla (Himachal Pradesh) [India], October 30 (ANI): In a major development, the Additional District and Sessions Judge-II, Shimla, Yajuvender Singh, on Thursday upheld the May 3, 2025, order of the Shimla Municipal Corporation Commissioner declaring the five-storey Sanjauli mosque building as unauthorised and directing its demolition.

The court dismissed the appeal filed by the Himachal Pradesh Waqf Board and the Sanjauli Mosque Committee, affirming that the entire structure, from the ground floor to the top, was built without proper authorisation.

Advocate Jagat Pal, counsel for the petitioner, told ANI that the judgment reaffirmed the earlier orders passed over the past year.

"The appeal filed by the Waqf Board and the mosque committee against the May 3 order of the Municipal Commiss

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