The Kalyan civil court has ruled that the disputed Durgadi Fort is owned by the Maharashtra government, rejecting claims by the Majlis-E-Mushawarat Trust in a case spanning nearly five decades.

Filing suit to stake claim in 1976, the Muslim Trust contended that there is a Muslim prayer hall (mosque) and an Eidgah inside Durgadi Fort – which also houses a temple of Goddess Durga – and ...