Fresh application in court for ASI survey of all the remaining cellars in Gyanvapi mosque
10 months, 2 weeks ago

Fresh application in court for ASI survey of all the remaining cellars in Gyanvapi mosque

The Hindu  

Days after a district court allowed puja inside one of the cellars of the Gyanvapi mosque in Varanasi, a Hindu plaintiff on Monday moved a fresh application before the court, seeking that directions be given to the Archaeological Survey of India to conduct a thorough survey of the remaining cellars inside the disputed structure. 1 in the pending Shringar Gauri worshipping suit of 2022 at a Varanasi court, maintained that the survey of the remaining cellars was necessary to ascertain the religious character of the property in question. Aso Read: The legal dispute over Varanasi, Mathura mosques | Explained In her application filed under Section 75 and Order 26 Rule 10A r/w Section 151 of the Code of Civil Procedure, Ms. Singh claimed that that within the Gyanvapi premises, cellar numbers N1 to N5 and S1 to S3 exist, and cellar numbers N1 and S1 are completely not accessed because their entrances are blocked. Meanwhile, the Allahabad High Court on February 6 will hear the amended application by the Anjum Intezamia Masjid Committee, which runs and manages the Gyanvapi mosque, challenging the district court’s order of January 31 of allowing puja to be conducted inside the ‘Vyas ka tehkhana’.

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Gyanvapi Mosque Row | In View Of SC's Interim Order, Allahabad HC Adjourns Hearing On Pleas Seeking Further ASI Survey
5 days, 15 hours ago

Gyanvapi Mosque Row | In View Of SC's Interim Order, Allahabad HC Adjourns Hearing On Pleas Seeking Further ASI Survey

Live Law  

The Allahabad High Court today adjourned two pleas seeking similar reliefs to direct the Archaeological Survey of India to undertake further surveys at Gyanvapi Mosque premises in view of the Supreme Court's Dec 12 interim order restraining courts from passing any effective interim or final orders, including orders for a survey. While the first petition filed by Rakhi Singh requests …

Exclusive: Gyanvapi mosque panel seeks intervention in pleas against 1991 Act
2 weeks, 5 days ago

Exclusive: Gyanvapi mosque panel seeks intervention in pleas against 1991 Act

India Today  

The committee managing the Gyanvapi Mosque has moved the Supreme Court seeking intervention in pleas challenging the validity of the Places of Worship Act, 1991. The Committee of Management Anjuman Intezamia Masjid, Varanasi, filed an intervention application in the court, stating that the mosque has been made the subject of multiple suits and the committee is therefore a crucial stakeholder …

Wazukhana inside Gyanvapi mosque: Allahabad HC adjourns hearing of plea seeking ASI survey
3 weeks ago

Wazukhana inside Gyanvapi mosque: Allahabad HC adjourns hearing of plea seeking ASI survey

Hindustan Times  

The Allahabad high court on Monday adjourned till December 10, hearing of a petition challenging the Varanasi district judge’s order whereby he had refused to direct the Archaeological Survey of India to undertake a survey of the “wazukhana ” area except for the structure which the Hindu side calls a Shivalinga and the Muslims describe as a fountain, inside the …

Sambhal mosque row: ASI files response in court, seeks control, management of Mughal-era structure
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3 weeks, 2 days ago

Sambhal mosque row: ASI files response in court, seeks control, management of Mughal-era structure

New Indian Express  

SAMBHAL: The Archaeological Survey of India has submitted its response in a court -- which had allowed a survey of the Shahi Jama Masjid here -- seeking control and management of the Mughal-era mosque as it is a protected heritage structure. Representing the ASI, lawyer Vishnu Sharma said the agency had submitted its counterargument in the court on Friday, stating …

SC to decide on maintainability of Gyanvapi case under 1991 act
1 month ago

SC to decide on maintainability of Gyanvapi case under 1991 act

Hindustan Times  

The Supreme Court on Friday highlighted the necessity of determining the legal maintainability of a suit — in light of the Places of Worship Act, 1991 — filed by a group of Hindu women seeking the right to worship Hindu deities within the Gyanvapi mosque complex, even as it expressed reservations about transferring the trial of all related suits from …

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 wazukhana survey: Allahabad HC asks petitioner to file affidavit
2 months, 4 weeks ago

Gyanvapi wazukhana survey: Allahabad HC asks petitioner to file affidavit

Hindustan Times  

In a matter seeking ASI survey of ‘wazukhana’ area except the Shivalinga inside the Gyanvapi mosque, the Allahabad high court on Tuesday directed the petitioner’s counsel to file a supplementary affidavit bringing on record the application moved by one of the plaintiffs Laxmi Devi earlier for the scientific investigation/survey of the protected area, which was decided by the apex court …

Plea for additional ASI survey of Gyanvapi: Next hearing on Sept 23
3 months ago

Plea for additional ASI survey of Gyanvapi: Next hearing on Sept 23

Hindustan Times  

A Varanasi court on Wednesday fixed September 23 for the next hearing on the plea which seeks an additional survey of the Gyanvapi mosque by the Archaeological Survey of India. An Aerial view shows Gyanvapi mosque, left, and Kashiviswanath temple on the banks of the river Ganges in Varanasi The fast track court of the civil judge, Yughul Shambhu passed …

Gyanvapi Management Tells Allahabad HC ASI Survey of Wazukhana Not Permissible
4 months ago

Gyanvapi Management Tells Allahabad HC ASI Survey of Wazukhana Not Permissible

Deccan Chronicle  

Prayagraj: An ASI survey of the Gyanvapi Mosque Wazukhana is not permissible as there is a Supreme Court order that the area should be preserved, the mosque management committee has told the Allahabad High Court.The Anjuman Intezamia Committee Thursday filed its counter-affidavit before the Allahabad HC in the matter seeking a survey of the Wazukhana by the Archaeological Survey of …

ASI report links MP’s Bhojshala with temple
5 months, 1 week ago

ASI report links MP’s Bhojshala with temple

Hindustan Times  

The Archaeological Survey of India told the Madhya Pradesh high court that the Bhojshala temple-Kamal Maula masjid in Madhya Pradesh’s Dhar district was built from the remains of earlier temples and the existing mosque at the site came up centuries later, adding the disputed structure to a string of similar conflicts roiling India for decades. “Based on scientific investigations, survey …

Madhya Pradesh HC Grants ASI Extension for Bhojshala Temple-Kamal Maula Mosque Survey
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Madhya Pradesh HC Grants ASI Extension for Bhojshala Temple-Kamal Maula Mosque Survey

Deccan Chronicle  

Bhopal: The Indore bench of Madhya Pradesh high court on Thursday granted an extension by around two weeks to Archaeological Survey of India to complete the scientific survey of the disputed site of Bhojshala temple- Kamal Maula Mosque in Dhar district in the state. “The ASI’s plea for extension of time to submit the report on the Bhojshala temple-Kamal Maula …

MP: High court grants 8-week extension to survey in disputed Bhojshala complex
7 months, 3 weeks ago

MP: High court grants 8-week extension to survey in disputed Bhojshala complex

Deccan Chronicle  

Bhopal: Indore bench of Madhya Pradesh high court on Monday granted a plea by Archaeological Survey of India for an eight-week-extension to its ongoing survey in the disputed Bhojshala-Kamal Maula complex in Dhar district in the state. A division bench of the high court on Monday ordered the ASI to submit a complete report on the scientific survey of the …

Madhya Pradesh High Court grants additional eight weeks to ASI for Bhojshala complex survey
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Madhya Pradesh High Court grants additional eight weeks to ASI for Bhojshala complex survey

India TV News  

In the latest development in the Bhojshala complex case, Indore bench of the Madhya Pradesh High Court on Monday granted eight more weeks to the Archaeological Survey of India to complete its scientific survey of the disputed medieval-era site.However, a division bench of Justices SA Dharmadhikari and Gajendra Singh made it clear the ASI won't be provided any further extension …

Bhojshala-Kamal Maula complex | ASI seeks 8 weeks to complete survey of disputed monument
8 months ago

Bhojshala-Kamal Maula complex | ASI seeks 8 weeks to complete survey of disputed monument

The Hindu  

The Archaeological Survey of India, which is conducting a scientific survey at the medieval-era Bhojshala complex in Dhar district on the Madhya Pradesh High Court's direction, has sought eight more weeks to complete the exercise. The ASI, in an application filed before the Indore bench of the high court on Monday, said it needed some more time to understand the …

Hindu Group Finds Staircase to Basement in Bhojshala-Kamal Maula Mosque
8 months, 2 weeks ago

Hindu Group Finds Staircase to Basement in Bhojshala-Kamal Maula Mosque

Deccan Chronicle  

Bhopal: A representative of a Hindu outfit has claimed that signs of a staircase leading to a basement have been discovered at the controversial Bhojshala-Kamal Maula Mosque complex in the Dhar district of Madhya Pradesh. Gopal Sharma, a spokesperson for the Hindu outfit, shared findings from the ongoing ASI survey, stating, "Signs of a basement and staircase were found in …

SC Refuses to Stay Hindu Prayers in Gyanvapi Masjid
8 months, 3 weeks ago

SC Refuses to Stay Hindu Prayers in Gyanvapi Masjid

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: A three-judge bench of the Supreme Court headed by Chief Justice of India D.Y. The top court was hearing a fresh plea of the Gyanvapi mosque management committee against an Allahabad High Court decision upholding a lower court’s order allowing Hindu prayers in the southern cellar of the mosque. On February 26, the High Court dismissed the mosque …

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. …

Gyanvapi Mosque Case: In Setback For Muslim Side, SC Refuses To Halt Prayers At Vyas Tehkhana
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Gyanvapi Mosque Case: In Setback For Muslim Side, SC Refuses To Halt Prayers At Vyas Tehkhana

News 18  

Supreme Court on Monday refused to halt Hindu prayers at Vyas Tehkhana in the Gyanvapi Mosque complex, situated in Uttar Pradesh’s Varanasi. The bench, however, said that Muslims can enter mosque unhindered from the northern side to offer namaz while priests of the Kashi Vishwanath temple trust would take southern entry to perform puja in the cellar. The apex court …

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 refuses to stay ASI's 'scientific survey' of Bhojshala complex in MP's Dhar
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Supreme Court refuses to stay ASI's 'scientific survey' of Bhojshala complex in MP's Dhar

India TV News  

In a recent development, the Supreme Court has opted not to issue a stay on the “scientific survey” of the Bhojshala complex located in Madhya Pradesh’s Dhar district. Background: High Court directive The decision comes after the Madhya Pradesh High Court directed the Archaeological Survey of India to conduct a scientific survey at the Bhojshala Temple cum Kamal Maula Mosque. …

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 refuses to stop prayers of Hindus in Southern cellar of Gyanvapi mosque
8 months, 3 weeks ago

SC refuses to stop prayers of Hindus in Southern cellar of Gyanvapi mosque

New Indian Express  

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Monday refused to stay the Hindu prayers in the southern cellar of the Gyanvapi mosque and sought response of the Kashi Vishwanath Temple trustees on the plea of the mosque management committee. The court was hearing a fresh plea of the Gyanvapi mosque management committee against an Allahabad High Court decision upholding a lower …

Supreme Court refuses to pause ongoing archaeological survey of Bhojshala complex
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Supreme Court refuses to pause ongoing archaeological survey of Bhojshala complex

India Today  

The Supreme Court on Monday declined to halt the ongoing survey of the Bhojshala Temple-cum-Kamal Maula Mosque complex being conducted by the Archaeological Survey of India. However, in an interim order on the plea challenging the Madhya Pradesh High Court's directive for the ASI survey, the top court specified that the ASI must refrain from any physical excavation that alters …

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 …

Muslim side petitioner protests ASI survey of disputed Bhojshala complex
9 months ago

Muslim side petitioner protests ASI survey of disputed Bhojshala complex

Hindustan Times  

A day after the Archaeological Survey of India began a survey of the disputed Bhojshala Temple-Kamal Maula Mosque complex in Dhar, Abdul Samad, the petitioner for the Muslim side, said he disagreed with the exercise as directed by the high court. Samad said they have already moved the Supreme Court, challenging the high court's direction of a new survey and …

Archaeological survey begins at Bhojshala complex in Dhar
9 months ago

Archaeological survey begins at Bhojshala complex in Dhar

Hindustan Times  

A team of the Archaeological Survey of India on Friday began a scientific survey of Bhojshala, a protected 11th-century monument in Madhya Pradesh’s Dhar district, as the Supreme Court refused to interfere with a high court order on the exercise at the contentious site. Security personnel stand guard outside Bhojshala/Kamal Maula Mosque complex after a team of the Archaeological Survey …

High Court orders MP's 11th-century Bhojshala’s survey on Hindu group’s plea
9 months, 1 week ago

High Court orders MP's 11th-century Bhojshala’s survey on Hindu group’s plea

Hindustan Times  

The Madhya Pradesh high court’s Indore bench on Monday asked the Archaeological Survey of India to conduct a scientific survey of Bhojshala, a protected 11th-century monument, in Dhar within six weeks. Hindu Front for Justice filed a petition in the high court in May 2022 against the offering of namaz at Bhojshala and sought a survey to determine the “real …

HC directs ASI to hold survey of disputed temple-mosque complex in Madhya Pradesh
9 months, 1 week ago

HC directs ASI to hold survey of disputed temple-mosque complex in Madhya Pradesh

New Indian Express  

BHOPAL: The Indore Bench of Madhya Pradesh High Court on Monday directed the Archaeological Survey of India to conduct a scientific survey of the centuries old Bhojshala Temple-cum-Kamal Maula Mosque complex in Dhar district of western MP. While the ASI protected complex has long been considered by Hindus as the 11th century Bhojshala Saraswati Temple, Muslims claim it to be …

Court allows Archaeological Survey of India survey of 'disputed' Bhojshala complex
9 months, 1 week ago

Court allows Archaeological Survey of India survey of 'disputed' Bhojshala complex

India Today  

The Madhya Pradesh High Court on Monday allowed a survey by the Archaeological Survey of India of the 'disputed' Bhojshala complex in Madhya Pradesh's Dhar district. A bench of Justices Sushrut Arvind Dharmadhikari and Devnarayan Mishra ordered a complete scientific investigation, survey and excavation of the Bhojshala complex. An ASI order issued on April 7, 2003 allows the Hindus to …

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 …

SC to hear Gyanvapi mosque committee’s plea against Allahabad HC order
9 months, 3 weeks ago

SC to hear Gyanvapi mosque committee’s plea against Allahabad HC order

Live Mint  

The Supreme Court of India on Friday agreed to hear the Gyanvapi mosque committee's plea against the Allahabad HC order which held that the suit for restoration of the temple is maintainable. The plea in the top court was filed by the Anjuman Intezamia Masjid, the committee that manages the affairs of the Gyanvapi mosque. On December 19 last year, …

'Teela Masjid' Dispute | Lucknow Court Dismisses Revision Plea Against Order Rejecting Objection To Hindu Worshippers' Suit
9 months, 3 weeks ago

'Teela Masjid' Dispute | Lucknow Court Dismisses Revision Plea Against Order Rejecting Objection To Hindu Worshippers' Suit

Live Law  

A court of Additional District Judge in Lucknow on Wednesday REJECTED a revision plea filed by Mosque's Imam Mutawalli challenging an order of a Civil Judge rejecting objections to a civil suit filed by Hindus seeking the right of worship within the Teele Wali Mosque premises.The suit in question was filed by 8 devotees & worshipers of 'Lord Sheshnagesht Teeleshwar. …

Sealed cellars, hidden origin: Why what's beneath Gyanvapi sparks intrigue
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Sealed cellars, hidden origin: Why what's beneath Gyanvapi sparks intrigue

India Today  

The Allahabad High Court has decided that Hindu prayers will continue in the southern cellar of the Gyanvapi mosque in Varanasi, dismissing a challenge to the recently instated practice. The controversy centres around "Vyas Ji Ka Tehkhana", a cellar where Shailendra Kumar Pathak, citing lineage and tradition, sought permission to resume Hindu worship practices halted since December 1993. However, the …

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: Allahabad HC dismisses Muslim side's plea against Puja in Vyas Ka Tehkhana
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Gyanvapi: Allahabad HC dismisses Muslim side's plea against Puja in Vyas Ka Tehkhana

Op India  

The Allahabad High Court has dismissed a plea filed by the Muslim side challenging the district court’s order that had allowed Hindus to offer Puja and prayers at the Vyas ka Tehkhana inside the Gyanvapi complex. #BREAKING Allahabad High Court today dismissed Muslim party plea challenging order permitting Hindu parties to offer prayers and puja in the southern cellar.#Gyanvapi #AllahabadHighCourt …

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 …

Hindu prayers to continue in Gyanvapi cellar, court setback for Muslim side
9 months, 4 weeks ago

Hindu prayers to continue in Gyanvapi cellar, court setback for Muslim side

India Today  

The Allahabad High Court on Monday dismissed a petition challenging an order that allowed Hindus to offer puja in the southern cellar inside the Gyanvapi premises in Varanasi. A single bench of Justice Rohit Ranjan Aggarwal heard the plea filed by the Anjuman Intezamia Masjid Committee, challenging a Varanasi court order that permitted Hindus to worship in the 'Vyas Ji …

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, …

Allahabad HC Reserves Judgment On Gyanvapi Mosque Committee's Plea Against Varanasi Court's Order Allowing 'Puja' In 'Vyas Tehkhana'
10 months, 1 week ago

Allahabad HC Reserves Judgment On Gyanvapi Mosque Committee's Plea Against Varanasi Court's Order Allowing 'Puja' In 'Vyas Tehkhana'

Live Law  

The Allahabad High Court today reserved its Judgment in the Gyanvapi Mosque committee's appeal challenging the Varanasi Court's January 31 order allowing 'Puja' In 'Vyas Tehkhana'. The appeal before the HC was filed by the Anjuman Intezamia Mosque Committee on February 1, soon after the Supreme Court refused to urgently hear the Mosque Committee's plea against the order allowing puja …

Gyanvapi | 'District Judge Allowed 'Puja' In 'Vyas Tehkhana' Under Hindu Plaintiff's Influence': Mosque Committee Submits In High Court
10 months, 1 week ago

Gyanvapi | 'District Judge Allowed 'Puja' In 'Vyas Tehkhana' Under Hindu Plaintiff's Influence': Mosque Committee Submits In High Court

Live Law  

The Anjuman Intezamia Mosque Committee today argued before the Allahabad High Court that Varanasi District Judge's 31st January order permitting Hindu parties to perform puja in the southern cellar of the Gyanvapi mosque was passed under the influence of the Hindu plaintiff as no cogent reasons were specified in the order. The Anjuman Intezamia Mosque Committee today argued before the …

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 …

Fresh plea seeks ASI survey of entire Gyanvapi premises
10 months, 2 weeks ago

Fresh plea seeks ASI survey of entire Gyanvapi premises

New Indian Express  

LUCKNOW: Advocate Vijay Shankar Rastogi, the next friend of Swayambhu Adi Vishweshwara, has moved a fresh plea before the fast track court seeking an ASI survey of the entire Gyanvapi mosque area, including ablution water tank and closed cellars under three domes in compliance with the Allahabad High Court order. The fast track court of civil judge Prashant Kumar Singh …

Pooja in southern cellar of Gyanvapi mosque to continue as HC adjourns matter for next week
10 months, 2 weeks ago

Pooja in southern cellar of Gyanvapi mosque to continue as HC adjourns matter for next week

The Hindu  

The pooja in the southern cellar inside the Gyanvapi mosque in Varanasi will continue as of now as the Allahabad High Court has adjourned for next week the hearing on the plea filed by the mosque committee challenging the January 31 order of the Varanasi district court permitting Hindus to offer prayers there. During the marathon hearing that took place …

Varanasi court to hear plea for ASI survey of all cellars in Gyanvapi mosque
10 months, 2 weeks ago

Varanasi court to hear plea for ASI survey of all cellars in Gyanvapi mosque

The Hindu  

The Varanasi district court on Tuesday fixed February 15 to hear an application seeking a survey by the Archaeological Survey of India in the remaining cellars inside the Gyanvapi mosque. The petitioner, Rakhi Singh, is also one of the main petitioners in the Shringar Gauri case, which led to the survey of the mosque complex by the ASI last year. …

In Modi’s constituency Varanasi, India’s next temple-mosque spat explodes
10 months, 2 weeks ago

In Modi’s constituency Varanasi, India’s next temple-mosque spat explodes

Al Jazeera  

Varanasi/Bengaluru, India – A festive atmosphere engulfed Varanasi, one of Hinduism’s holiest cities situated on the banks of the river Ganga. In May 2022, some Hindu patrons went to the Varanasi local court asking for permission to worship within the mosque’s complex after a court-ordered video survey found that a ‘Shivling’ – a symbol of the Hindu deity Shiva – …

Gyanvapi dispute: Varanasi court to hear Hindu call for survey, Muslim protest against Puja in cellar today
10 months, 2 weeks ago

Gyanvapi dispute: Varanasi court to hear Hindu call for survey, Muslim protest against Puja in cellar today

India TV News  

The ongoing Gyanvapi Mosque complex dispute in Varanasi takes a new turn as legal proceedings intensify. The Varanasi district court is scheduled to address the Hindu side's plea today, demanding an Archaeological Survey of India survey for the closed cellars, specifically the tehkhana within the disputed complex. Simultaneously, the Allahabad High Court is set to hear the Muslim side's opposition …

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