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The Allahabad High Court’s decision to allow a survey of the Shahi Eidgah mosque abutting the Krishna Janmabhoomi temple in Mathura not only violated a 1991 law on the places of worship, but also an agreement made between Hindus and Muslims in 1968, said All India Muslim Personal Law Board’s spokesperson Syed Qasim Rasool Ilyas in a press statement on Friday.

The high court on Thursday also agreed to the appointment of an advocate-commissioner to oversee the survey of the mosque, which, the petitioners claim, holds signs suggesting that it was a Hindu temple once. The survey will be conducted in the same way as was done at the Gyanvapi temple in Varanasi.

Senior Congress leader Ashok Gehlot on Friday congratulated Bhajan Lal Sharma on being sworn in as the chief minister of Rajasthan.

The former chief minister expressed hope that the new government would continue the Chiranjeevi health insurance scheme, old pension scheme among others which were launched during his tenure.

"Hearty congratulations to the new Chief Minister of Rajasthan Bhajan Lal Sharma and the cabinet, and best wishes for their tenure," he posted on X.

Bhajan Lal Sharma, a debutant MLA, will take oath as the Chief Minister of Rajasthan today, which happens to be his 56th birthday as well. Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union Home Minister Amit Shah and BJP President JP Nadda will attend the swearing-in ceremony at the historic Albert Hall in Jaipur.

Vidhyadhar Nagar MLA Diya Kumari and Dudu MLA Prem Chand Bairwa will take oath as the two Deputy Chief Ministers of Rajasthan.

Chief Justice of India, Justice DY Chandrachud, has sought a report from the Allahabad High Court after a woman judge from Uttar Pradesh alleged sexual harassment at the workplace in a letter to him.

According to sources, the Chief Justice directed Supreme Court Secretary General Atul M Kurhekar to seek a status update. Subsequently, Kurhekar wrote a letter to the Registrar General of the Allahabad High Court, seeking information about all the complaints made by the woman judge.

The Supreme Court will on Friday hear Trinamool Congress leader Mahua Moitra’s plea against her expulsion from Parliament. A bench of Justices Sanjiv Khanna and SV Bhatti will hear Moitra’s request to restore her Lok Sabha membership.

The TMC leader had moved the apex court on Monday against her expulsion after the Lok Sabha adopted a report by its ethics committee that held her guilty of accepting gifts and illegal gratification from a businessman to further his interests.