Gyanvapi Masjid Case : Varanasi district court to decide on maintainability of case today

The Varanasi district court will give a verdict on the maintainability of the Gyanvapi-Shringar Gauri complex case today. The court of District Judge A K Vishevesh will hear the matter as per directions of the Supreme Court, according to a PTI report. The court had given a week's time to both Hindu and Muslim sides to file objections to the report of a court-mandated videography survey of the Gyanvapi mosque premises. The Varanasi court will hear the plea of the Muslim side, which said the suit doesn't have merit as it violates the Places of Worship (Special Provisions) Act, 1991. Section 4 of the Act bars filing of any suit or initiating any other legal proceeding for a conversion of the religious character of any place of worship, as existing on August 15, 1947.