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Judgment of Gyanvapi Masjid: Hindu side’s petition to worship, rules of Varanasi District Court | India News – Times of India

September 12, 2022
Bharat Times

NEW DELHI: A Varanasi court on Monday dismissed the Anjuman Islamia Masjid Committee’s plea challenging the sustainability of a suit filed by five Hindu women seeking their right to worship. Gyanvapi Mosque mix.
That is, the hearing on the petition seeking permission to worship Shringar Gauri on the outer wall of the mosque and other deities in the premises will continue.
Varanasi District Judge Ajay Krishna Vishwesh fixed September 22 as the next date of hearing when the petition for daily worship is likely to be heard.
Sohan Lal Arya, the petitioner in the Gyanvapi case, said, “It is a victory for the Hindu community. The next hearing is on September 22. This is the foundation stone of the Gyanvapi temple. Appealed to the people to maintain peace.”
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The Muslim side had approached the court claiming that the mosque was the property of the waqf. The counsel for Anjuman Intejamiya Masjid – the mosque management committee – said they would approach the high court against the district court’s order.

The legal battle over the right of Hindus to worship inside the Gyanvapi mosque complex has been going on for decades. In 1991, three local residents petitioned the court seeking permission to worship in the area of ​​the Gyanvapi mosque, arguing that it was the original site of the mosque. Kashi Vishwanath Temple,

However, the matter on which the court delivered its verdict today is just over a year old in the court since April 2021. Since then, the story has unfolded like this:

  1. Five women – four from Varanasi and one from Delhi – filed a petition in April 2021 seeking permission for daily worship of ‘Sringar Gauri’ idols on the outer wall of the Gyanvapi Masjid.
  2. The Muslim side submitted that the petition is not maintainable, as the Places of Worship Act 1991 prohibits changing the character of the place of worship with effect from August 15, 1947.
  3. Hindus claimed that the mosque was built by demolishing a temple of Lord Shiva during the reign of the Mughal ruler Aurangzeb; Muslims said that it was built on Waqf land
  4. Varanasi civil court orders videography survey of mosque premises after claims of Hindu gods and goddesses being in mosque premises
  5. The Archaeological Survey of India completed the survey work on 16 May and submitted the report to the court on 19 May. However, a part of the report was leaked to the media.
  6. The Hindu side claimed that a ‘Shivling’ was found inside a well during the survey, which bolstered their claim of ‘destroying the temple to build the mosque’. Some argued that the priests hid the original Shivling in the well to protect it from the temple’s destroyer.
  7. The Muslim side opposed the ‘Shivalinga’, the rallying part of a fountain at the ‘Vuzukhana’, or place for vassals
  8. SC orders sealing of the area and asks Muslims to take bath before namaz at a different place
  9. The Supreme Court transferred the suit filed by Hindus from a civil judge to the District Judge of Varanasi. “Keeping in view the complexity and sensitivity of the matter, the civil suit before the Civil Judge at Varanasi shall be heard by a senior and experienced judicial officer,” it said.
  10. A group of Hindu women move Supreme Court seeking carbon dating to ascertain the age of ‘Shivalinga’

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