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Gyanvapi controversy: Fast track court to pronounce verdict on 'Shivling Puja' in November

 

A fast-track court hearing a plea seeking permission to allow worship of the Shivling found in the Gyanvapi mosque complex here will deliver its verdict on November 8. 


Advocate Anupam Dwivedi, appearing for the Hindu side, said that the fast track court of Civil Judge (Senior Division) Mahendra Pandey heard the arguments of both the parties and reserved its order on the trial till November 8. 


According to news agency PTI, a fast-track court will pronounce its verdict on November 8 this year while hearing a plea seeking permission to allow worship of the Shivalinga found in the Gyanvapi mosque complex here. 


Advocate Anupam Dwivedi, appearing for the Hindu side, said that the fast track court of Civil Judge (Senior Division) Mahendra Pandey heard the arguments of both the parties and reserved its order on the trial till November 8. 


Earlier on May 24, the plaintiff Kiran Singh, who is the general secretary of Vishwa Vaidik Sanatan Sangh, had filed a suit in the Varanasi district court seeking ban on entry of Muslims in the Gyanvapi campus, handing over the premises to Sanatan Sangh. Permission to worship Shivling 


On May 25, district court judge AK Vishvesh ordered the trial to be transferred to a fast-track court, as PTI reports. 


In this case, the District Magistrate of Varanasi, the Commissioner of Police and the Anjuman Intejamiya Committee, which is managing the Gyanvapi Masjid and Vishwanath Temple Trust, have been made respondents. 


A trial court (Civil Judge-Senior Division) which was earlier hearing a petition by a group of women seeking permission for daily worship of Hindu deities on the outer walls of the mosque on April 26, conducted a videographic survey of the Gyanvapi complex. had ordered. The Hindu side had claimed that a 'Shivling' was found during the exercise, PTI reported. 


However, the Muslim side has maintained that the object was part of a water fountain system in the "Wazukhana" reservoir – where devotees bathe before offering prayers. 


On May 20, the Supreme Court, in view of the "complexities" and "sensitivity" of the case, transferred the case from a civil judge (senior division) to a district judge, preferably a senior judicial officer with experience. Handles this case for more than 30 years.

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