BIG UPDATE AFTER RASHTRA JYOTI EXPOSE: Delhi Court Moves Ahead With Public Land Grab Case Filed by Activist Preet Sirohi Against Jama Masjid Shahi Imam Ahmed Bukhari
WHAT HAPPENED
A Delhi district court today ordered summons to be issued to multiple defendants in a civil suit brought by Save India Foundation (SIF, founded by
@bhaipreetsingh) over massive land grab directly linked to Syed Ahmed Bukhari
The Tis Hazari Court directed that summons be served on eight defendants:
Syed Ahmed Bukhari;
Imam Abdullah Bukhari Hospital;
Imam Abdullah Bukhari Medical Centre;
Car Parking Jama Masjid Delhi Foundation Trust;
Government of NCT of Delhi through the Chief Secretary;
the District Magistrate, Central;
the Public Works Department, GNCTD;
and BSES Yamuna Power Ltd.
The next hearing has been fixed for October 29, 2026
The suit, filed through advocates Umesh Sharma, Yogesh Agarwal, Kamal Jindal and Vikas Sharma, is titled Save India Foundation versus Syed Ahmed Bukhari & Ors
SIGNIFICANCE
Today's order is an important procedural step because the defendants will now have to formally respond to the suit before the court, and the legal battle to free public land around Jama Masjid of encroachments has now opened
Notably, on 27 August,
@RashtraJyoti exclusively reported about two lawsuits filed by SIF alleging large-scale public land grab around Delhi Jama Masjid complex by Bukhari and associated entities
The report can be read here:
rashtrajyoti.com/rashtra-jyo…
The illegal structures, as per the lawsuits, include:
- a permanent residential structure
- a hospital
- a medical centre
- a paid car-parking operation
- an e-rickshaw charging station
- occupation of three public parks
The lawsuits were filed in:
1. District & Sessions Court, Central District, Tis Hazari
Save India Foundation & Anr. v. Syed Ahmed Bukhari & Ors
2. National Green Tribunal, Principal Bench, New Delhi
Save India Foundation v. Deputy Commissioner, City S.P. Zone, MCD & Ors.
Notably, a significant portion of illegal structures as alleged in the second suit filed in NGT were razed down by the Delhi authorities two weeks ago.
Note: The research, preparation and filing of official representations before government authorities, and the subsequent court proceedings in this matter have been undertaken by
@BhaiPreetSingh through SIF, with the work backed by Sewa Nyaya Utthan Foundation and Rashtra Jyoti, run by
@SanjeevSanskrit and
@swati_gs
The team has previously successfully pursued the illegal encroachment by the Faiz-e-Elahi Mosque complex in the Ramlila Maidan-Turkman Gate area of Delhi through legal intervention, culminating in extensive demolition, among other projects.