The Allahabad High Court on Wednesday reserved its judgment on a petition filed by Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, challenging a decision of the Varanasi Special MP/MLA Court related to his remarks made in the United States.
After the Varanasi Court dismissed the Hindu side's plea for an additional survey by the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) at the Gyanvapi complex, spiritual leader Jagadguru Shri Rambhadracharya on Saturday said that they will approach the High Court or the Supreme Court.
Hindu side advocate Vijay Shankar Rastogi said, "The court has rejected our application for an additional survey of the protection of the whole Gyanvapi area by the ASI... We will go to the High Court against this decision...within the time limitation, within 30 days."
The gangster-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari on Wednesday was awarded life imprisonment in a three-decade-old case by the MP/MLA Court in Varanasi. Additionally, the court has imposed a substantial fine of Rs 2 lakh and 2 thousand on the gangster.
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.
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.
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.
The Masjid Intezamia Committee of Gyanvapi mosque of Varanasi filed a revision petition in Allahabad High Court on Thursday against Varanasi District Court's order allowing Hindus to perform prayers inside the southern celler of Gyanvapi mosque.