The Supreme Court on Friday called for maintaining "peace and harmony" in Sambhal, Uttar Pradesh, and directed that the report of the advocate commissioner, who conducted a survey of the Jama Masjid, be kept in a sealed cover. The court further instructed the trial court in Sambhal to refrain from proceeding in the suit against the mosque until the Masjid Committee's petition against the survey order is addressed in the High Court.

A bench led by Chief Justice of India Sanjiv Khanna and Justice Sanjay Kumar emphasised the need for neutrality in such disputes. "Peace and harmony have to be maintained. We don't want anything to happen... We have to be absolutely, totally neutral and ensure nothing wrong is done," the bench stated during the proceedings.