Varanasi Court’s decision on ‘Shivling Puja’ in Gyanvapi Masjid today

Advocate Anupam Dwivedi, appearing for the Hindu side, submitted that the fast-track court of Civil Judge (Senior Division) Mahendra Pandey first heard the arguments of both the parties and reserved its order on the trial till November 8.

On May 24, Wadi Kiran Singh, general secretary of the Vishwa Vaidik Sanatan Sangh, filed a suit in the Varanasi district court seeking a ban on the entry of Muslims into the Gyanvapi campus, handing over the premises to the Sanatan Sangh and allowing it. To offer prayers on Shivling.

On May 25, district court judge AK Vishvesh ordered the trial to be transferred to a fast-track court, as PTI reports.

In this case, the District Magistrate of Varanasi, the Commissioner of Police and the Anjuman Intejamiya Committee, which is managing the Gyanvapi Masjid and Vishwanath Temple Trust, have been made respondents.

A trial court (Civil Judge-Senior Division) which was earlier hearing a plea by a group of women seeking permission for daily worship of idols of Hindu deities on the outer walls of the mosque on April 26, ordered a videographic survey was. Gyanvapi Campus And the Hindu side had claimed that a ‘Shivling’ was found during the exercise, PTI reported.

However, the Muslim side has maintained that the object was part of a water fountain system in the “Wazukhana” reservoir – where devotees bathe before offering prayers.

On 20 May, the Supreme Court had transferred the case from a civil judge (senior division) to a district judge, considering the “complexities” and “sensitivity” of the case, it is preferable that a senior judicial officer has experience. Handles this case for more than 25-30 years.

(with PTI inputs)