Shringar Gauri worship hearing to go on, Gyanvapi plea rejected | India News
“According to the plaintiffs, they regularly worshiped Maa Shringar Gauri, Lord Hanuman at the place of dispute even after August 15, 1947 … (thus) the plaintiffs’ lawsuit is not prohibited by Section 9 of the Act,” district judge AK Vishvesha said, denying Anjuman Intezamia Masajid’s application challenging the suit’s maintainability.
The Places of Worship (Special Provisions) Act, 1991, is a law that prohibits the conversion of any place of worship and provides for the maintenance of its religious character as it existed at that date. August 15, 1947.
Vishvesha, who took over the case from the civil magistrate (senior division) by order of the Supreme Court, will begin hearing the initial plea on September 22. Merajuddin Siddiqui, management consultant Gyanvapi mosque, said his client would move to the Allahabad high court. against the judgment of the district judge.
The 26-page order was issued within 10 minutes of the start of Monday’s hearing, sparking scenes of jubilation between the plaintiffs and their attorneys. Sohan Lal Arya, the husband of one of the five plaintiffs, last month reported a death threat from an unknown caller using a Pakistani number. In June, there was a threat to former civil judge (senior department) Ravi Kumar Diwakar, who ordered a survey of the Gyanvapi mosque that resulted in the discovery of a vehicle with purpose in the burning pond of the temple.
District Judge Vishvesha asked the Gyanvapi management to file a written statement against the highlights of the Hindu case on September 22. Applications by several others filed to become a party to the Hindu case. The case will be resolved on the same day.
Attorney Maan Bahadur Singh, representing Delhi-based plaintiff Rakhi Singh, said the district court order proves his client’s position that there is no relevant law governing places of worship – including Waqf Act and Sri Kashi Vishwanath Temple Act 1983 – is a bar to Shringar Gauri suit.
“This was never the case between Hindus and Muslims. “The ceremonies for the deities that were worshiped daily at this site until 1993 were stopped under restrictions controlled by the UP government. Our suits are limited in this respect.”
Vishnu Jain, attorney for four Varanasi-based plaintiffs – Laxmi Devi, Sita Sahu, Manju Vyas and Rekha Pathak – said the district judge’s order marks a return to the matter being handled.
The original petition was filed with the civil magistrates’ court (senior division) in August 2021, leading to a court-mandatory survey of the Gyanvapi facility in April. this year. Gyanvapi management challenged the investigation in Allahabad high court, but the plea was denied. A court-appointed committee began the survey May 6 amid protests.
On May 16, the final day of the investigation, the plaintiffs and their attorneys announced that a shivering object had been found in the mosque’s cremation pond. The civil judge quickly ordered the pond area to be sealed.
The day after the investigative report was filed on May 19, the Gyanvapi guardians referred to the Supreme Court, resulting in the referral of the case to the district judge. Three Judges Bench including Judges Y ChandrachudSurya Kant and PS Narasimha commented that the Places of Worship Act “does not preclude confirmation of the religious nature of places of worship”.