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The District Judge rejected the Muslim side’s arguments based on three Acts to rule that the civil suits seeking the right to worship Hindu deities on the premises of the Gyanvapi mosque were maintainable
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The District Judge rejected the Muslim side’s arguments based on three Acts to rule that the civil suits seeking the right to worship Hindu deities on the premises of the Gyanvapi mosque were maintainable
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Varanasi | Updated: September 15, 2022 11:56:03 am
The court will now have to look into evidence on the situation in 1947 before deciding on the issue. (File Photo)The Varanasi District Court on Monday dismissed the challenge by Anjuman Intezamia Masajid Committee against the civil suits that sought the right to worship Maa Shringar Gauri and other deities within the Gyanvapi mosque premises. The preliminary ruling by District Judge A K Vishvesha means that the cases can now be heard on merits where the parties have to present evidence to prove their claims.
The case so far
Last year, five women filed a civil suit seeking enforcement of their right to worship deities within the Gyanvapi mosque complex. In April, the Civil Judge (Senior Division) allowed a video survey of the mosque where a Shivling was said to have been found in the wazukhana. The Anjuman Intezamia moved the Supreme Court, arguing that the proceedings were an attempt to change the religious character of the mosque. The Places of Worship Act, 1991 bars the conversion of the religious character of a place of worship from how it existed on August 15, 1947.
On May 20, the Supreme Court, underlining the “complexity of the issues involved in the civil suit”, transferred the case to the District Judge. The SC subsequently said it would intervene only after the District Judge had decided on the preliminary aspects of the case.
Preliminary ruling
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