An RTI activist has filed a petition in a Civil Court in Aligarh, alleging that the Jama Masjid in the city was ... a densely populated, Muslim-majority locality in the old city.

Muslim-majority locality in the old city. Gautam claims that one of the RTI replies from the Aligarh Municipal Corporation indicates the mosque was "built on public land without government approval." ...

A petition in Aligarh court alleges that Jama Masjid was built by demolishing a Shiva temple, a Buddhist stupa, and a Jain temple in the 18th century. The petitioner seeks restoration of the site ...