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Varanasi Court's decision on 'Shivling Puja' in Gyanvapi Masjid today

 


In the Gyanvapi case, the fast track court will deliver the verdict on Shivling Puja today.

Advocate Anupam Dwivedi, appearing for the Hindu side, submitted that the fast-track court of Civil Judge (Senior Division) Mahendra Pandey first 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 deliver its verdict today, November 8 this year, while hearing a plea seeking permission to allow worship of the Shivling found in the Gyanvapi mosque complex here.

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

On May 24, Wadi Kiran Singh, general secretary of the Vishwa Vaidik Sanatan Sangh, filed a suit in the Varanasi district court seeking a ban on the entry of Muslims into the Gyanvapi campus, handing over the premises to the Sanatan Sangh and allowing it. To offer prayers on 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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