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Court rejects plea seeking ASI survey inside Gyanvyapi mosque wazukhana

Court Varanasi Survey Asi Gyanvyapi Mosque

One of the plaintiffs in the Gyanvyapi worship rights suit, Rakhi Singh, on Friday filed a fresh application in the court of Varanasi District Judge, seeking sealing of certain areas inside the Gyanvapi Mosque premises where symbols pertaining to Hindu religion exist. The application, which also sought the court to regulate/ restrict the number of people who offer namaaz at …

Gyanvyapi mosque survey: court asks petitioners and respondents to refrain from speaking to media

The Allahabad High Court on August 3 upheld the order of Varanasi district court for conducting a ‘scientific survey’ of Gyanvyapi mosque by the Archaeological Survey of India. While upholding the lower court’s order on the scientific survey in which the district court had asked the ASI to file a report on whether the Gyanvyapi mosque “structure” was “constructed over …

A group of right-wing activists, along with one of the Hindu petitioners in the Gyanvyapi mosque case, have filed a Public Interest Litigation in the Allahabad High Court, seeking a direction to the Uttar Pradesh government to seal the entire mosque premises so that “non-Hindu/non-Sanatani” people cannot damage any religious signs or symbols of the Hindu community present inside the …

Gyanvyapi mosque row: Allahabad HC stays ASI survey till August 3

The Allahabad High Court on Thursday stayed the Archaeological Survey Of India survey of the Gyanvyapi Mosque in Varanasi till August 3, the date on which the court will also pronounce its final verdict on the mosque dispute. At the end of a three-day marathon hearing on a plea filed by the Anjuman Intezamia Masjid Committee, challenging the Varanasi District …

Gyanvyapi mosque case: HC allows revision plea for scientific survey of Shiv Ling

The Allahabad High Court on May 12 allowed a revision petition demanding a scientific survey to determine the age of the purported Shiv Ling found inside the Varanasi-based Gyanvyapi mosque. The survey will be done by the Archaeological Survey of India which, in its affidavit submitted in the court, maintained that it cannot do carbon dating of the structure due …

Gyanvyapi dispute: Allahabad HC gives ASI more time to file reply on age evaluation of ‘Shivling’

A Hindu worshipper has filed a caveat before the Allahabad High Court in connection with the Gyanvyapi Mosque Case. The caveat has been moved by Woman worshipper Rekha Pathak who is the first petitioner in the suit filed before the Varanasi Court by five Hindu women seeking worshipping rights in the Gyanvapi Mosque compound.#JustInHindu worshipper Rekha Pathak files a caveat …

From Babri Masjid to Gyanvyapi mosque: Why liberals fail to learn any lesson

Liberals in India need to understand that denial does not obliterate fault lines; it only deepens them With a ‘Shivlinga’ at the Gyanvyapi mosque in Varanasi and the Eidgah at the Krishna Janmabhoomi site being talked about, many commentators have weighed in on how Kashi and Mathura seem set to follow the path of Ayodhya, where the Babri Masjid not …

SC orders protection of ‘Shivling’ area in Gyanvyapi mosque; G-7 nations likely to appeal to India to reverse ban on wheat exports, and more - The Hindu

Secure ‘Shivling’ area, do not restrict namaaz in Gyanvyapi mosque: SC The Supreme Court on Tuesday directed the District Magistrate of Varanasi to ensure the protection of the area where a Shivling was reported to be found, while ordering that Muslims should not be restricted or impeded from accessing the Gyanvyapi mosque to offer namaaz or perform religious observances. Targeted …

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