Gyanvapi case: Court orders sealing of spot where Shivling reportedly found
2 years, 7 months ago

Gyanvapi case: Court orders sealing of spot where Shivling reportedly found

The Hindu  

A local court in Varanasi on May 16 ordered that a portion of the Gyanvapi Mosque premises be sealed after lawyers representing five Hindu plaintiffs claimed that a Shivling was found in the ablution water tank of the mosque in the concluding day of a Court Commissioner-led video inspection. ‘Found all evidence’ While Vishnu Jain, lawyer for the Hindu plaintiffs, claimed that a Shivling measuring 12 feet by 4 feet in diameter and three feet deep was found at the ablution tank, his colleague Subash Nandan Chaturvedi said the Court Commissioner had got the water of the tank drained on the request of the Hindu plaintiffs. Consent for videography The court, last Thursday, had given its consent for videography inside the Gyanvapi Mosque premises by an Advocate Commissioner on a petition filed by five Hindu plaintiffs demanding daily access to prayer to a Hindu siteMaa Shringar Gauri said by them to be located outside the western wall of the mosque. Judge Diwakar had appointed the Court Commissioner after five women plaintiffs linked to a right-wing group Vishwa Vedic Sanatan Sangh last year April filed a suit declaring that they were entitled to have daily darshan, pooja and perform all the rituals of Maa Shringar Gauri, Lord Ganesh, Lord Hanuman and other “visible and invisible deities within old temple complex” situated at settlement Plot No.

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Supreme Court Seeks Gyanvapi Mosque Committee's Response On Plea For ASI Survey Of Sealed Area
1 month ago

Supreme Court Seeks Gyanvapi Mosque Committee's Response On Plea For ASI Survey Of Sealed Area

Live Law  

The Supreme Court on Friday sought the response of the Gyanvapi Masjid Committee to an application filed by Hindu worshippers for an ASI survey of the sealed area of the mosque.A bench comprising Justice Surya Kant and Justice Ujjal Bhuyan issued notice to the Committee of Management, Anjuman Intezemia Masajid sought the response of the Gyanvapi Masjid Committee to an …

Gyanvapi case: Varanasi court sets Sept 6 as next date for hearing on plea for ASI survey
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Gyanvapi case: Varanasi court sets Sept 6 as next date for hearing on plea for ASI survey

Deccan Chronicle  

Varanasi: A judge here has fixed the next date of hearing as September 6 on the petition demanding ASI survey of the remaining parts of the Gyanvapi complex, a lawyer said on Wednesday.The representatives of the Muslim side were present in the court and are expected to put forth their views on the matter during the next hearing. The Civil …

Gyanvapi Mosque Case : Supreme Court Orders Status Quo On Namaz In Mosque & Hindu Worship In 'Tehkhana' (Cellar)
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Gyanvapi Mosque Case : Supreme Court Orders Status Quo On Namaz In Mosque & Hindu Worship In 'Tehkhana' (Cellar)

Live Law  

The Supreme Court on Monday issued notice on a Special Leave Petition filed by the Gyanvapi mosque committee challenging the orders of the Varanasi District Court and the Allahabad High Court allowing the performance of Hindu religious rituals at a tehkhana of the mosque.While doing so, the Court also ordered that that status quo shall be maintained with respect to. …

SC to hear Gyanvapi committee’s plea against Hindu prayers in cellar today
8 months, 3 weeks ago

SC to hear Gyanvapi committee’s plea against Hindu prayers in cellar today

Live Mint  

The Supreme Court of India will hear the Gyanvapi mosque management committee's plea against an Allahabad High Court decision upholding a lower court's order allowing Hindu prayers in the southern cellar of the mosque today, April 1. The state government had ordered to stop the worship rituals inside the "Vyas Tehkhana" -- located at the southern cellar of the Gyanvapi …

Supreme Court allows Hindu worship to continue at Gyanvapi premises
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Supreme Court allows Hindu worship to continue at Gyanvapi premises

India TV News  

The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed petitions filed by the Muslim side in the Gyanvapi Mosque dispute, thus, allowing the Hindu community to continue worship at the cellar. A bench of Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud and Justices JB Pardiwala and Manoj Misra ordered the Hindu and Muslim sides to maintain the status quo at the Gyanvapi premises to …

SC to hear on Apr 1 Gyanvapi committee's plea against allowing puja in cellar
8 months, 3 weeks ago

SC to hear on Apr 1 Gyanvapi committee's plea against allowing puja in cellar

New Indian Express  

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear on April 1 a Gyanvapi mosque management committee's plea against an Allahabad High Court decision upholding a lower court's order allowing Hindu prayers in the southern cellar of the mosque. The high court had dismissed the committee's plea in which it had challenged the district court's January 31 order allowing Hindus …

Gyanvapi row: Allahabad HC asks Varanasi court to decide plea seeking right to worship 'shivling'
9 months, 2 weeks ago

Gyanvapi row: Allahabad HC asks Varanasi court to decide plea seeking right to worship 'shivling'

New Indian Express  

PRAYAGRAJ: In a significant development, the Allahabad High Court, on Monday, directed a Varanasi court to dispose within eight weeks the petition seeking unrestricted right to worship the purported 'Shivling', found inside the ablution pond on Gyanvapi mosque premises during the court commission survey in May 2022. Justice Manish Kumar Nigam passed the order over a petition filed by one …

Gyanvapi Case: Muslim Side Moves SC Challenging Allahabad HC's Order Allowing Suit Seeking Temple Restoration
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Gyanvapi Case: Muslim Side Moves SC Challenging Allahabad HC's Order Allowing Suit Seeking Temple Restoration

News 18  

The Muslim side on Monday moved the Supreme Court challenging the Allahabad High Court’s last year order turning down five suits filed by the mosque committee and Sunni Waqf Board in the Kashi Vishwanath-Gyanvapi land title dispute case. The Gyanvapi Mosque committee challenged the high court’s December 19, 2023 order setting a six-month deadline for completion of proceedings in the …

Gyanvapi case: Allahabad HC dismisses plea challenging Hindu prayers in cellar
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Gyanvapi case: Allahabad HC dismisses plea challenging Hindu prayers in cellar

Live Mint  

Allahabad High Court on Monday dismissed a plea challenging the order permitting Hindu parties to offer puja in the 'vyas tehkhana' of the Gyanvapi complex. Justice Agarwal said, "After going through the entire records of the case and after considering arguments of the parties concerned, the court did not find any ground to interfere in the judgment passed by the …

Gyanvapi case : Allahabad High Court dismisses plea, Puja to continue in Gyanvapi’s cellar
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Gyanvapi case : Allahabad High Court dismisses plea, Puja to continue in Gyanvapi’s cellar

The Hindu  

Puja will continue in the southern cellar of the Varanasi-based Gyanvapi mosque as the Allahabad High Court on Monday dismissed the plea filed by the Anjuman Intezamia Masjid Committee challenging a district court’s order to allow prayers. The Varanasi district court on January 31 allowed prayers inside the ‘Vyas Ka Tehkhana’ area of the Gyanvapi mosque complex, adjoining the Kashi …

Gyanvapi Mosque Case: Hindus Can Continue Prayers in Cellar, Allahabad HC Dismisses Muslim Side Plea
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Gyanvapi Mosque Case: Hindus Can Continue Prayers in Cellar, Allahabad HC Dismisses Muslim Side Plea

News 18  

In a big victory for the Hindu side, the Allahabad High Court on Monday dismissed the Gyanvapi Mosque committee’s appeals challenging the Varanasi district judge’s orders allowing ‘Puja’ inside the ‘Vyas ka Tehkhana’. Muslim Side Plea In Allahabad HC Anjuman Intezamia Masjid Committee, which looks after the affairs of the mosque adjacent to the Kashi Vishwanath temple, had moved the …

Gyanvapi Mosque Case: Allahabad HC's Verdict Today On Plea Against Allowing Hindus To Pray In Vyas Tehkhana
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Gyanvapi Mosque Case: Allahabad HC's Verdict Today On Plea Against Allowing Hindus To Pray In Vyas Tehkhana

News 18  

The Allahabad High Court is set to deliver its verdict today in the Gyanvapi Mosque committee’s appeal challenging the Varanasi district judge’s order allowing ‘Puja’ inside the ‘Vyas ka Tehkhana’. The court’s order followed a petition filed by Shailendra Kumar Pathak Vyas against the Anjuman Intezamia Masjid Committee, which manages the Gyanvapi mosque. On February 2, the Allahabad High Court …

Gyanvapi case: Allahabad High Court rejects Muslim side's pleas, Hindu prayers to continue in cellar
9 months, 4 weeks ago

Gyanvapi case: Allahabad High Court rejects Muslim side's pleas, Hindu prayers to continue in cellar

India TV News  

In a significant development, the Allahabad High Court has dismissed the petitions filed by the Muslim side in the Gyanvapi Mosque dispute. The court dismissed appeals made by the mosque's management committee challenging the Varanasi district judge's orders concerning the mosque's "Vyas Tehkhana" or southern cellar. Key points Dismissal of appeals: The high court rejected appeals brought forth by the …

Gyanvapi mosque case: Hindu puja to continue in southern cellar as Allahabad HC dismisses pleas challenging it
9 months, 4 weeks ago

Gyanvapi mosque case: Hindu puja to continue in southern cellar as Allahabad HC dismisses pleas challenging it

New Indian Express  

The Allahabad High Court on Monday dismissed the Gyanvapi mosque management committee's twin appeals challenging the Varanasi district court's decision allowing the offering of prayers in a cellar in the mosque complex. On January 31, the Varanasi district court ruled that a priest can perform prayers before the idols in the southern cellar of the mosque. Justice Rohit Ranjan Agarwal, …

The Gyanvapi case and a sense of disquiet in Varanasi
10 months, 2 weeks ago

The Gyanvapi case and a sense of disquiet in Varanasi

The Hindu  

On a cool, sunny day in February — typical weather for this time in India’s Gangetic plains — loud chants of ‘Har Har Mahadev’ ring through the air inside the heavily guarded Kashi Vishwanath temple in Uttar Pradesh’s Varanasi, one of the oldest living cities in the world. “Jaldi aage badho,” says a policeman to a group of Muslim boys …

Hindu priest offers prayers at cellar of Gyanvapi mosque in Varanasi
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Hindu priest offers prayers at cellar of Gyanvapi mosque in Varanasi

The Hindu  

A priest designated by the Kashi Vishwanath temple performed prayers at a cellar known as ‘Vyas Ji Ka Tehkhana’ inside the Gyanvapi mosque in Varanasi on Thursday after a district court ordered the local administration to unseal the premises which was sealed in 1993 on the orders of the then Samajwadi Party-ruled Uttar Pradesh government. Editorial | Legitimising revanchism: On …

Varanasi court permits Hindu side to offer prayers in Gyanvapi mosque cellar
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Varanasi court permits Hindu side to offer prayers in Gyanvapi mosque cellar

Hindustan Times  

Varanasi: A Varanasi court on Wednesday granted rights to the Hindu side to offer prayers in the cellar on the southern side of Gyanvapi mosque, lawyers present during the hearing said. Gyanvapi mosque in Varanasi, UP The court further asked the district administration to make the necessary arrangements for the prayers to be performed by the plaintiff and a priest …

Varanasi court permits Hindu worship inside sealed basement of Gyanvapi mosque; masjid committee to appeal
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Varanasi court permits Hindu worship inside sealed basement of Gyanvapi mosque; masjid committee to appeal

The Hindu  

The Varanasi District Court on Wednesday allowed Hindu prayers to be offered inside the Vyas Ka Tekhana of the Gyanvapi mosque complex. Puja arrangements in seven days The order permitting prayers to resume came on the last working day of district judge Ajay Krishna Vishwesha, who has been hearing multiple pleas related to worship rights in the Gyanvapi mosque. VHP …

Gyanvapi mosque case: HC judge recuses from hearing plea against Varanasi court's order on 'wazukhana' survey
11 months ago

Gyanvapi mosque case: HC judge recuses from hearing plea against Varanasi court's order on 'wazukhana' survey

New Indian Express  

PRAYAGRAJ: Allahabad High Court judge Justice Manish Kumar Nigam on Wednesday recused himself from hearing a plea challenging the Varanasi district court's refusal to direct the Archaeological Survey of India to undertake a survey of the 'wazukhana' area except the 'Shivling' inside the Gyanvapi mosque complex. The revision petition was filed by Rakhi Singh, who is one of the plaintiffs …

Cleaning of Gyanvapi Mosque 'Wazukhana' starts under strict security
11 months ago

Cleaning of Gyanvapi Mosque 'Wazukhana' starts under strict security

Hindustan Times  

The cleaning of the Wazukhana area of the Gyanvapi Mosque started on Saturday under strict security arrangements by the district officials. The Supreme Court on Tuesday allowed an application of Hindu women petitioners seeking direction for cleaning the entire area of 'wazukhana' of Gyanvapi mosque where the alleged 'Shivling' was found and maintaining hygienic condition. Earlier, a meeting was held …

Cleaning of 'Wazukhana' area of Gyanvapi Mosque starts under strict security arrangements
11 months ago

Cleaning of 'Wazukhana' area of Gyanvapi Mosque starts under strict security arrangements

New Indian Express  

VARANASI: The cleaning of the Wazukhana area of the Gyanvapi Mosque started on Saturday under strict security arrangements by the district officials. The Supreme Court on Tuesday allowed an application of Hindu women petitioners seeking direction for cleaning the entire area of 'wazukhana' of Gyanvapi mosque where the alleged 'Shivling' was found and maintaining hygienic condition. A bench of Chief …

Supreme Court Allows Cleaning of Gyanvapi Mosque Water Tank
11 months, 1 week ago

Supreme Court Allows Cleaning of Gyanvapi Mosque Water Tank

Deccan Chronicle  

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Tuesday allowed a plea by Hindu women plaintiffs for cleaning the water tank in the Gyanvapi mosque in Varanasi that is located in an area that has been sealed. The bench, also comprising Justices J.B. Pardiwala and Manoj Misra, noted in its order that a similar plea has been filed by the Anjuman Intezamia …

Gyanvapi case: Hindu petitioners file plea in SC to clean ‘wazukhana’ area
11 months, 3 weeks ago

Gyanvapi case: Hindu petitioners file plea in SC to clean ‘wazukhana’ area

Live Mint  

The Hindu petitioners seeking direction from the district magistrate of Varanasi for cleaning the entire area of 'wazukhana' or ablution pond of Gyanvapi mosque, have filed an application to this end, reported news agency ANI. According to the Hindu petitioners, the 'wazukhana' of Gyanvapi mosque is the place where the alleged 'Shivling' was found and is the reservoir where devotees …

Gyanvapi mosque-Kashi Vishvanath Temple: Application filed in SC for cleaning of ‘wazukhana’ where Shivling was found
11 months, 3 weeks ago

Gyanvapi mosque-Kashi Vishvanath Temple: Application filed in SC for cleaning of ‘wazukhana’ where Shivling was found

Op India  

An application was filed in the Supreme Court by the Hindu petitioners seeking direction from the District Magistrate of Varanasi for cleaning the entire area of ‘wazukhana’ of Gyanvapi mosque where the alleged ‘Shivling’ was found and maintaining hygienic condition. The application filed through advocate Vishnu Shankar Jain said fish in the water tank have died and due to the …

Gyanvapi case: Allahabad HC allows suits seeking restoration of temple
1 year ago

Gyanvapi case: Allahabad HC allows suits seeking restoration of temple

Deccan Chronicle  

Prayagraj: The Allahabad High Court on Tuesday dismissed pleas challenging the maintainability of a 1991 suit seeking the 'restoration' of a temple where the Gyanvapi mosque now exists in Varanasi, while observing that the 'religious character' of a disputed place can only be decided by the court. In an important observation, Justice Rohit Ranjan Agarwal said the Act did not …

Gyanvapi mosque report submitted in UP court by Archaeological Survey of India
1 year ago

Gyanvapi mosque report submitted in UP court by Archaeological Survey of India

Live Mint  

The Archaeological Survey of India on Monday submitted a sealed report on the Gyanvapi mosque in Varanasi district court. After the Gyanvapi mosque survey report was submitted, Rahul Mishra, ASI Additional Standing Counsel, said the Varanasi court will pronounce its order on December 21. The Hindu side has alleged that the ASI has violated the Supreme Court order by submitting …

Gyanvapi case: Hindu side approaches Supreme Court for survey of sealed area
1 year, 2 months ago

Gyanvapi case: Hindu side approaches Supreme Court for survey of sealed area

India Today  

The Hindu side in the Gyanvapi case on Wednesday approached the Supreme Court urging it to issue directions to the Archaeological Survey of India to conduct a survey of the sealed area and a structure claimed to be a 'Shivaling' inside the mosque premises. The application appealed for ASI to undertake scientific investigation of the ‘Shivaling’, and submit a report …

Gyanvapi dispute: ASI told to submit objects found in survey to District Magistrate
1 year, 3 months ago

Gyanvapi dispute: ASI told to submit objects found in survey to District Magistrate

The Hindu  

The Varanasi district court directed the Archaeological Survey of India to submit objects found during its survey of the Gyanvapi mosque, which are related to Hinduism or are historically significant, with the District Magistrate. The order was passed by the court while allowing two applications moved by Rakhi Singh, a plaintiff in the Shringar Gauri worshipping suit of 2022, which …

'Not Gyanvapi': Netizens outrage over Shivling shaped fountains installed in Delhi
1 year, 3 months ago

'Not Gyanvapi': Netizens outrage over Shivling shaped fountains installed in Delhi

Op India  

On Wednesday, August 30, several Hindu Netizens descended on the microblogging site X, formally Twitter, to express their vexation over the Shivling-shaped fountains installed at Dhaula Khan road in the national capital as part of the ongoing beautification of Delhi ahead of the G20 Summit. Reacting to a video of the Shivling-shaped fountains installed at Delhi’s Dhaula Khan road by …

Gyanvapi case: fresh application seeks curbs on entry to mosque to protect Hindu symbols
1 year, 4 months ago

Gyanvapi case: fresh application seeks curbs on entry to mosque to protect Hindu symbols

The Hindu  

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 …

Gyanvapi row: Allahabad HC rejects PIL to ban entry of non-Hindus
1 year, 4 months ago

Gyanvapi row: Allahabad HC rejects PIL to ban entry of non-Hindus

Live Mint  

Amid the ongoing survey of Gyanvapi mosque, the Allahabad High Court, on Tuesday, rejected a PIL seeking a direction to seal the premises and ban entry of non-Sanatanis to protect Hindu signs. The Allahabad HC allowed the withdrawal of the Public Interest Litigation seeking a direction to the UP Government to seal the entire Gyanvapi mosque, according to LiveLaw. The …

Gyanvapi mosque panel moves Supreme Court after Allahabad High Court orders ASI survey
1 year, 4 months ago

Gyanvapi mosque panel moves Supreme Court after Allahabad High Court orders ASI survey

The Hindu  

The Anjuman Intazamia Mosque Committee, which manages the Gyanvapi mosque in Varanasi, on Thursday approached the Supreme Court within hours of the Allahabad High Court giving the Archaeological Survey India the green signal to conduct an “investigation” of the premises. The top court stayed the survey on July 24, giving the Gyanvapi mosque management “breathing time” to approach the Allahabad …

Gyanvapi mosque: Allahabad HC likely to pronounce verdict on survey by ASI today
1 year, 4 months ago

Gyanvapi mosque: Allahabad HC likely to pronounce verdict on survey by ASI today

Live Mint  

The Allahabad High Court is expected to pronounce its final verdict on the Archaeological Survey of India conducting a survey of Gyanvapi mosque in Varanasi on Thursday. On July 21, a Varanasi court directed the Archaeological Survey of India to conduct the survey, including excavations, wherever necessary, to determine if the mosque was built at a place where a temple …

PIL in Allahabad HC seeks sealing of Gyanvapi mosque premises
1 year, 4 months ago

PIL in Allahabad HC seeks sealing of Gyanvapi mosque premises

The Hindu  

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 …

'Muslim side should accept its historical mistake and propose a solution': Yogi Adityanath on Gyanvapi
1 year, 4 months ago

'Muslim side should accept its historical mistake and propose a solution': Yogi Adityanath on Gyanvapi

India TV News  

Gyanvapi row: Amid the ongoing dispute between the Hindu and Muslim sides over the Gyanvapi mosque issue, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said that the Gyanvapi complex cannot be called a mosque. Allahabad High Court verdict on Aug 3 The UP CM's interview comes even as the Allahabad High Court is set to deliver a verdict on a plea …

'Harrassed by Other Petitioners': Gyanvapi Petitioner Requests Euthanasia
1 year, 6 months ago

'Harrassed by Other Petitioners': Gyanvapi Petitioner Requests Euthanasia

The Quint  

One of the Hindu petitioners in the Gyanvapi Mosque case has written to President Droupadi Murmu asking her to grant permission for euthanasia. Rakhi Singh, one of the five women petitioners who had filed a suit in 2021 seeking permission to worship Hindu idols they claim are in the Gyanvapi Mosque complex, has added that she will "wait for President …

Gyanvapi Case: HC Rejects Masjid Committee's Plea Against Suit Maintainability
1 year, 6 months ago

Gyanvapi Case: HC Rejects Masjid Committee's Plea Against Suit Maintainability

The Quint  

The Allahabad High Court on Wednesday, 31 May, rejected the mosque committee's challenge to the Hindu worshippers' suit seeking rights to worship Hindu deities whose idols were allegedly found to be located on an outer wall of the Gyanvapi mosque. In doing so, the High Court has upheld a Varanasi court order from September 2022, which had ruled that the …

Gyanvapi mosque: HC junks Muslim side’s plea against right to worship
1 year, 6 months ago

Gyanvapi mosque: HC junks Muslim side’s plea against right to worship

Live Mint  

Allahabad High Court on Wednesday dismissed the Muslim side's plea challenging the maintainability of five Hindu women worshippers' suit filed in Varanasi Court seeking the right to worship inside Gyanvapi mosque in Varanasi. "I hope that the day is not far when we will construct a grand Shiv temple there and the present structure will be removed," says Hari Shankar …

Gyanvapi Mosque Case: SC Defers HC Order Allowing Scientific Probe of 'Shivling'
1 year, 7 months ago

Gyanvapi Mosque Case: SC Defers HC Order Allowing Scientific Probe of 'Shivling'

The Quint  

The Supreme Court on Friday, 19 May, deferred the scientific investigation of a the structure inside the Varanasi-Gyanvapi mosque complex, which the Hindu plaintiffs claim to be a 'Shivling' and the Mosque committee claims to be a fountain. "Since the implications of the impugned order merit closer scrutiny, the implementation of the directions concerned in the order shall stand deferred …

SC directs Gyanvapi mosque caretakers and local authorities to meet on April 18 about facilitating wuzu
1 year, 8 months ago

SC directs Gyanvapi mosque caretakers and local authorities to meet on April 18 about facilitating wuzu

The Hindu  

The Supreme Court on April 17 paved the way for the caretakers of the disputed Gyanvapi mosque to meet with local authorities on Tuesday and reach a “congenial working arrangement” to facilitate worshippers to observe wuzu or ritual ablutions before prayer at the premises. The mosque’s caretakers highlighted how the apex court had, in an interim order on May 17 …

Gyanvapi case: SC to hear on April 14 plea seeking permission for ritual ablution during Ramzan
1 year, 8 months ago

Gyanvapi case: SC to hear on April 14 plea seeking permission for ritual ablution during Ramzan

The Hindu  

The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to hear on April 14 a plea by the Anjuman Intezamia Masjid committee seeking permission for wazu at the Gyanvapi mosque complex in Varanasi during the month of Ramzan. On March 28, the apex court had agreed to list for hearing on April 21 a plea of the Hindu side seeking consolidation of all …

Supreme Court to hear Gyanvapi mosque dispute on April 14, 2023
1 year, 8 months ago

Supreme Court to hear Gyanvapi mosque dispute on April 14, 2023

The Hindu  

The Supreme Court on Thursday indicated its agreement to hear pleas concerning the Gyanvapi mosque dispute on April 14. Mr. Ahmadi requested the court to list the case at an earlier date due to the Ramzan month when Chief Justice Chandrachud said that the issue was anyway listed on April 21. In May last year, the apex court had ordered …

Gyanvapi case: Allahabad High Court reserves verdict on civil revision petition filed by mosque committee
2 years ago

Gyanvapi case: Allahabad High Court reserves verdict on civil revision petition filed by mosque committee

India TV News  

Gyanvapi case: The Allahabad High Court on Friday reserved its judgement on a civil revision petition filed by the Gyanvapi mosque committee challenging a Varanasi court order turning down its objections to the maintainability of a plea seeking permission to offer regular prayers to idols of deities in the mosque compound. On Friday, the counsel for the petitioner, Senior Advocate …

Gyanvapi panel plea on ‘Shivling’ rejected
2 years, 1 month ago

Gyanvapi panel plea on ‘Shivling’ rejected

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi/Varanasi: A Varanasi court on Thursday rejected Gyanvapi Masjid committee’s objection to a petition seeking the right to worship the ‘shivling’ claimed to have been found in the mosque complex and fixed December 2 as the next date of hearing in the case. In its order on the matter, a fast-track court has said that the petition is “maintainable.” …

Gyanvapi dispute | Order deferred on maintainability of plea seeking to prevent Muslims from stopping Hindu prayers
2 years, 1 month ago

Gyanvapi dispute | Order deferred on maintainability of plea seeking to prevent Muslims from stopping Hindu prayers

The Hindu  

A Varanasi fast-track court on Monday once again deferred its order on the maintainability of an application seeking the title rights to the property on which the Gyanvapi mosque currently stands, in favour of the deity Swayambhu Jyotirlinga Bhagwan Vishweshwar and seeking unfettered rights for Hindus to pray at the property. This comes days after the Supreme Court, hearing a …

Area where 'Shivling' found on Gyanvapi mosque premises to be protected until further orders, rules SC
2 years, 1 month ago

Area where 'Shivling' found on Gyanvapi mosque premises to be protected until further orders, rules SC

Firstpost  

Earlier this year, on May 17, the apex court had passed an interim order directing the district magistrate of Varanasi to ensure protection of the area inside the Gyanvapi-Shringar Gauri complex where the ‘Shivling’ had allegedly been found as described in the court-ordered survey New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday extended till further orders the protection of the area …

‘Shivling’ area at Gyanvapi premises to be protected until further orders: SC
2 years, 1 month ago

‘Shivling’ area at Gyanvapi premises to be protected until further orders: SC

Live Mint  

The Supreme Court has extended the protection of the area where a “Shivling” was allegedly found at the Gyanvapi mosque premises in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh. A Supreme Court bench of Chief Justice DY Chandrachud and justices Surya Kant and PS Narasimha on Friday allowed the Hindu parties to move an application before the Varanasi district judge for consolidation of all …

Supreme Court to hear Gyanvapi shivling case on November 11, 2022
2 years, 1 month ago

Supreme Court to hear Gyanvapi shivling case on November 11, 2022

The Hindu  

The Supreme Court on Thursday agreed to constitute a Bench to hear a plea at 3 pm on November 11 to extend the protection of an area in the Gyanvapi mosque premises where a ‘shivling’ was found. Chandrachud agreed to constitute the Bench to hear the case on Friday after advocate Vishnu Shankar Jain mentioned that the apex court’s interim …

Gyanvapi Masjid case: Varanasi court will deliver verdict on Hindu side's Shivling plea on Nov 14
2 years, 1 month ago

Gyanvapi Masjid case: Varanasi court will deliver verdict on Hindu side's Shivling plea on Nov 14

India Today  

In the much-speculated Gyanvapi Masjid case, a Varanasi court is slated to render its verdict on Hindu petitioners' plea seeking permission to worship 'Shivling' in the mosque's complex. The order will follow two imperative takeaways from the Varanasi court's take on the Gyanvapi mosque case. On September 13, the court held the Hindu side's plea seeking permission to offer prayers …

Gyanvapi row: SC to hear plea seeking further protection of Shivling on November 12
2 years, 1 month ago

Gyanvapi row: SC to hear plea seeking further protection of Shivling on November 12

India Today  

The Supreme court on Monday said it will hear the case filed by Hindu parties in the Gyanvapi mosque case on November 12 in detail over seeking further protection for the Shivling which was earlier given. COURT SAYS NO TO CARBON DATING Earlier this month, the Varanasi court dismissed the Hindu side's plea seeking 'carbon dating' and scientific investigation of …

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