The Allahabad High Court on Tuesday dismissed all Muslim petitions contesting the Hindus’ request to be allowed to pray at the Gyanvapi mosque.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Sunni Central Waqf Board and the Anjuman Intezamia Masjid Committee filed the applications in relation to the ownership dispute between Varanasi’s Gyanvapi Mosque and Kashi Vishwanath Temple.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The court denied three petitions challenging a 2021 ASI survey decision and two challenging the maintainability of a 1991 legal complaint brought by Hindu devotees that was pending before a Varanasi court. Justice Rohit Ranjan Aggarwal’s one-judge panel also requested that the lower court wrap up its hearing on the case in six months.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The High Court further said that the survey might be repeated and the results could be brought before the Varanasi court if anything was missed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Muslim side had contested both the Varanasi court’s 2021 decision for an ASI survey in the mosque complex and the civil petition that sought the right to worship. They had claimed that the Places of Worship Act of 1991 prohibited the civil lawsuit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In their civil complaint, the Hindu side countered that the Gyanvapi mosque is a component of the Kashi Vishwanath Temple.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The 1991 civil lawsuit is maintainable, the High Court declared after the hearing, and is not prohibited by the Places of Worship Act.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The masjid compound may have a Muslim or Hindu character, the court ruled today, and this cannot be determined at the time of formulating concerns. The court said, the lawsuit impacts two of the nation’s largest cities. \u201cWe order the trial court to determine the suit expeditiously within six months,\u201d the court said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Varanasi court is currently considering a lawsuit that calls for the reconstruction of an old temple at the contentious location where the mosque currently stands. In its view, the mosque is a part of the temple.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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