The Varanasi district courtroom on Thursday requested the Gyanvapi mosque administration to file its objection to a petition searching for carbon-dating of the “shivalinga” discovered contained in the temple premises by the subsequent date of listening to within the matter.
Judge AK Special mounted September 29 as the subsequent date of listening to within the case associated to the Gyanvapi Masjid-Shringar Gauri dispute.
The courtroom resumed listening to within the matter on Thursday after dismissing the petition questioning the maintainability of the petition on September 12.
The petition has sought the courtroom’s permission to worship the idols of Hindu deities situated on the outer wall of the mosque each day.
Advocate Vishnu Shankar Jain, showing for the plaintiff girls, positioned the demand for carbon-dating of the “Shivling” earlier than the courtroom. District authorities counsel Rana Sanjeev Singh mentioned the decide requested the mosque administration to register its objection to the petition and glued September 29 as the subsequent date of listening to within the matter.
He mentioned that the courtroom didn’t take into account the petition of the mosque administration to repair the subsequent listening to eight weeks after the final date of listening to of the case, September 12.
The plaintiffs had earlier claimed that the “Shivling” was discovered within the mosque complicated close to the “Vazukhana” – a small reservoir utilized by Muslims to carry out rituals earlier than providing prayers. However, the mosque administration had mentioned that it was a part of the fountain system of “Wazukhana”.
A complete of 15 individuals had submitted functions within the courtroom to turn into events to the dispute. The decide mentioned the functions of solely eight individuals, who appeared earlier than the courtroom, can be thought of, Singh mentioned.
Five girls have filed a petition searching for permission to worship the idols of Hindu deities situated on the outer wall of the mosque each day.
The Anjuman Intejamiya Masjid Committee has mentioned that the mosque is the property of the Waqf. It had earlier questioned the sustainability of the petition.
The committee takes care of the affairs of the mosque.
The mosque is situated subsequent to the enduring Kashi Vishwanath temple and the case claimed that the mosque was constructed on part of a Hindu construction on the orders of the Mughal emperor Aurangzeb.
The Supreme Court had directed the district courtroom to first resolve on a case filed by 5 Hindu girls searching for permission to carry out each day pujas in entrance of Shringar Gauri idols.
The Masjid Committee had approached the apex courtroom, arguing that their plea was not maintainable because the Places of Worship (Special Provisions) Act, 1991 had mentioned that the character of such locations ought to stay as they have been on the time of independence. was. The 1991 Act had given exemption just for the Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid land dispute.
With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
