E. Sundaresa Chettiar vs N.R. Abdul Azeez And Ors.

The Supreme Court addressed whether a High Court could interfere with concurrent findings of fact recorded by the trial and first appellate courts regarding the existence of a public mosque on disputed land. The respondents claimed a right to worship based on the principle 'once a mosque, always a mosque,' while the appellant asserted ownership via a court auction. The Court found that the High Court erred in overturning the concurrent factual findings that no mosque ever existed on the site, thereby restoring the lower courts' dismissal of the suit.