All eyes on Gyanvapi Masjid case as Varanasi court set to deliver order
India Today
Varanasi court will render its decision on whether the ongoing trial regarding the permission to worship is maintainable.
Varanasi district court is set to render a verdict on the merits of the famous Shringar Gauri Gyanvapi Masjid case on September 11. The decision relates to the maintainability of Hindu women's plea seeking permission to worship Hindu deities in the Gyanvapi Mosque complex.
The district judge will render its decision on whether the ongoing trial in court regarding the permission to worship is maintainable and whether the plea is based on tenable grounds. After hearing arguments from both sides, on August 24, District Judge Ajay Krishna Vishvesh reserved the decision of the court.
So far, the mosque committee has submitted that the property belonged to the Waqf Board and the matter cannot be heard before the court. They argued that only the Waqf Board had the right to hear any matter that pertains to the mosque.
The court heard the petition filed by five women of the Hindu community, who seek the court's grant to worship the Shringar Gauri Sthal within the Kashi Vishwanath-Gyanvapi Masjid complex. The petition was filed after a structure, resembling a Shivling, was allegedly discovered on the premises of the mosque. However, the mosque committee rebutted claims by Hindu petitioners and contested that the structure was a fountain and not Shivling.
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The discovery surfaced following a report on the Gyanvapi mosque video survey and the same was submitted before the Varanasi court on May 19, 2022. During previous hearings, Abhay Nath Yadav, appearing for the Mosque committee, questioned the maintainability of the suit and had argued about 39 of the 52 points mentioned in the Hindu petitioners' plea.
On the other hand, an advocate arguing for the female plaintiffs, Vishnu Jain, said that once the merits of the Gyanvapi-Shringar Gauri case were heard, they will proceed to present the report by the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) into the trial.
