Gyanvapi case: AIM asks for eight weeks to prepare Varanasi News – Times of India

Varanasi: Anjuman Intejamiya Mosque (AIM), Gyanvapi Mosque The Management Committee on Saturday filed an application in the Varanasi District Court seeking eight weeks’ time to prepare for the next hearing of the case. Shringar Gauri-Gyanvapi case,
AIM’s lawyer Merajuddin Siddiqui told TOI on Monday, “We have filed an application in the district court requesting eight weeks’ time to prepare for the next hearing. The court has fixed September 22 for hearing our application. of it.” The court of District Judge AK Vishvesh had on September 12 dismissed the AIM plea challenging the plea of ​​five Hindu women seeking the right to daily worship of Shringar Gauri and other deities at the Gyanvapi mosque premises.
The AIM had argued that the petition of Hindu women violated the Places of Worship (Special Provisions) Act, 1991.
Further, while fixing September 22 as the next date of hearing, the court had also ruled that it would continue to hear the plea of ​​five Hindu women who requested daily worship of Hindu deities, saying that His petition was not restricted under any existing one. law.
After the AIM’s application was rejected, AIM’s lawyer Merajuddin Siddiqui had said that they would file a revision petition in the Allahabad High Court against the order of the district judge.
Meanwhile, before the Anjuman Intezamiya Masjid challenged the district court’s order in the Allahabad High Court, the lawyers of the Hindu plaintiffs filed a caveat in the High Court on September 14 to ensure that the revision petition was filed against them. He should be heard before giving any relief to AIM in the matter. Rejection of application challenging the maintainability of the case. 693/2020 by the Varanasi District Judge on 12 September.