Gyanvapi Mosque Case: Hearing To Resume Today After Varanasi Court’s Verdict To Continue With Hindu Side’s Plea

Five women had filed the petition seeking permission to year-long worship of Hindu deities whose idols are said to be placed on an outer wall of Gyanvapi mosque.

New Delhi: The Varanasi District and Sessions court will today resume the hearing on Gyanvapi Mosque-Gauri Shringar case days after it decided to continue hearing the Hindu side’s plea seeking permission for daily worship of Shringar Gauri shrine inside the mosque complex next to Kashi Vishwanath temple. In its hearing on September 12, the Court had rejected the maintainability plea by Anjuman Intezamia Masjid Committee. 

However, the Muslim side has given an application to the court in which it had asked the court to hear the matter after eight weeks. Referring to Supreme Court’s decision in its application, the Muslim side demanded that if the court starts the hearing, then it should be decided which aspects will be heard in the case and its outline, sources told ABP News. 

The order, which was reserved last month till September 12, was read out by District Judge AK Vishvesh during the last hearing. Ahead of the court verdict, the Hindu side had stated that they will seek a survey by the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) as well as carbon dating of 'Shivling' if the judgement comes in their favour.

Five women had filed the petition seeking permission to year-long worship of Hindu deities whose idols are said to be placed on an outer wall of Gyanvapi mosque. The Anjuman Intezamia Masjid Committee had said that the Gyanvapi mosque is a property of the Waqf board and has questioned the maintainability of the plea. 

Following directives by the Supreme Court to decide the maintainability of the case on priority, the hearing by district judge started on May 20.

Appearing for the Hindu side, Madan Mohan Yadav argued that the mosque was constructed after demolishing the temple. 

 Earlier, a lower court had ordered a videography survey of the complex. The survey work was completed on May 16 and the report was presented in the court on May 19.

The Hindu side had claimed in the lower court that a Shivling was found during the videography survey of the Gyanvapi mosque-Shringar Gauri complex but it was contested by the Muslim side.