Welcoming the decision by Allahabad High Court to dismiss the Gyanvapi Mosque committee's appeal challenging the Varanasi district court's decision to offer prayers in a cellar in the Gyanvapi mosque complex, Advocate Prabhash Pandey said, "This is a big victory for our Sanatana Dharma."
The Allahabad High Court will deliver its verdict on Anjuman Intezamia Masjid Committee (AIMC) appeal challenging the order of Varanasi District Judge allowing Hindu devotees to offer prayers inside the 'Vyas Ka Tehkhana' area in the Gyanvapi mosque complex.
A Varanasi court on Tuesday fixed February 15 for the hearing of a petition seeking a survey of all closed basements in the Gyanvapi mosque complex by the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI).
With the Muslim side moving the Allahabad High Court challenging a Varanasi court verdict, allowing Hindu devotees to hold prayers inside the disputed 'Vyas Ka Tekhana' area of the Gyanvapi mosque, a heavy security cordon was thrown around the complex on Friday.
After the Varanasi Court allowed Hindus to worship inside the Gyanvapi mosque complex, devotees flocked to the 'Vyas ka Tehkhana' inside the complex in Varanasi to offer prayers.
After Varanasi Court allowed Hindu devotees to offer prayers inside the Gyanvapi mosque complex, Advocate Vishnu Shankar Jain, representing the Hindu side, said that daily puja has started in 'Vyas parivar Tehkhana'."
After Varanasi Court allowed Hindu devotees to offer prayers inside the Gyanvapi mosque complex, advocate Sohan Lal Arya said that arrangements have been made but Vyas Ka Tekhana has not been opened for the devotees yet.
All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) president Asaduddin Owaisi said that the judgement by a Varanasi court to allow Hindu devotees to offer prayers inside the 'Vyas Ka Tekhana' area inside the Gyanvapi mosque complex was a violation of Places of Worship Act.
Reacting to Varanasi Court's order on Wednesday allowing Hindu devotees to offer prayers inside the 'Vyas Ka Tekhana' area inside the Gyanvapi mosque complex, Muslim side lawyer Akhlaq Ahmed said that they will approach the Allahabad High Court to challenge Varanasi Court's decision.
Union Minister Giriraj Singh said on Wednesday that only two cellars have been opened in the basement of the Gyanvapi mosque complex, while ten cellars are still closed.
After the Varanasi district court allowed the Hindu side to offer prayers at the Gyanvapi mosque complex, Kashi Vishwanath Trust President Nagendra Pandey on Wednesday said that today's decision raises hopes that one day the entire complex will be Hindu.