Gyanvapi case 'maintainable', rules Varanasi court; next hearing on September 22

The Varanasi district court on Monday rejected the plea questioning the maintainability of a petition seeking permission for daily worship of Hindu deities whose idols are located on an outer wall of the Gyanvapi mosque. District Judge A K Vishvesh ordered that it might still hear the petition seeking the correct to worship within the temple.

Five women had filed the petition seeking permission for daily worship of Hindu deities whose idols are claimed to be located on an outer wall of the Gyanvapi mosque. The Anjuman Intezamia Masjid Committee has said the Gyanvapi mosque could be a Waqf property and has questioned the maintainability of the plea. The district judge had last month reserved the order till September 12 within the communally sensitive matter. The court fixed September 22 because the next date of hearing within the case.

Commenting on the judicial writ, Advocate Vishnu Shankar Jain, representing the Hindu side within the Gyanvapi mosque case today said, "The court rejected the Muslim side's petition and said the suit is maintainable. the following hearing of the case is on Sep 22."

District Judge AK Vishvesh had last month reserved the order till September 12 within the communally sensitive matter.

A petition seeking permission for daily worship of Hindu deities whose idols are said to be located on an outer wall of the Gyanvapi mosque was filed by five women. 

The Anjuman Intezamia Masjid Committee has said the Gyanvapi mosque may be a Waqf property and has questioned the maintainability of the plea.

Madan Mohan Yadav, a lawyer of the Hindu side, had said that the mosque was constructed after demolishing the temple.

The case is being heard by the district court following an apex judicial writ.

Earlier, a inferior court had ordered a videography survey of the complex. The survey work was completed on May 16 and therefore the report was presented within the court on May 19.

The Hindu side had claimed within the court that a Shivling was found during the videography survey of the Gyanvapi mosque-Shringar Gauri complex but it absolutely was contested by the Muslim side.