The Allahabad High Court has completed the hearing and reserved its order in an appeal moved by the Anjuman Intezamia Masajid Committee challenging the Varanasi District Court order that allowed the Hindu side to offer prayers in the southern cellar of Gyanvapi mosque.
All units of Delhi Police are on alert ahead of the Friday namaz, following the Varanasi district court order that allowed the Hindu side to offer prayers in the southern cellar of Gyanvapi mosque.
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).
The Allahabad High Court will hear today an appeal moved by the Anjuman Intezamia Masajid Committee challenging the Varanasi District Court order that allowed the Hindu side to offer prayers in the southern cellar of Gyanvapi mosque.
After the order of Varanasi District Court on Gyanvapi Mosque, the petitioner and devotees have demanded to install bell and other puja materials in the Vyas ka 'Tehkhana' where prayers are being performed.
Addressing a press conference here today, Mohammed Saleem (Vice President) said that it is the responsibility of the government to safeguard the religious places and institutions in the country.
Hindu side lawyer in the Gyanvapi case, Subhash Nandan Chaturvedi, exuded confidence that the plea filed by Masjid Intezamia Committee challenging the Gyanvapi order will definitely be dismissed by the court.
Following the permission granted for 'puja' at one of the 'Tehkhana' in the Gyanvapi mosque after the Varanasi district court order, the Muslim panel expressed concern over the same, stating that the swift permission of this action, despite the court granting a seven-day window for the admin
The court granted the time until February 6 for the Masjid Intezamia Committee of Gyanvapi mosque to amend its pleadings to include a challenge to a January 17 order consequent to which the January 31 order was passed.
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.
Days after the Varanasi district court allowed Hindus to hold prayers in the southern cellar of the Gyanvapi mosque, Nagendra Pandey, chair, Kashi Vishwanath Trust, said the 'Vyas Ka Tehkhana' should be renamed as 'tal Grih' or 'tal ghar'.
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.