Lagatar24 Desk
Varanasi, May 30: The Varanasi district court on Monday heard the Anjuman Islamia Committee’s Order 7 Rule 11 CPC plea, which questioned the maintainability of the action brought by five Hindu women (plaintiffs) in the Shringar Gauri-Gyanvapi case, and adjourned the case until July 4. The case is being heard by District Judge Ajay Krishna Vishwesha.
On May 24, the district court scheduled a hearing on the maintainability of the petition brought by five Hindu women seeking year-round access to pray at the Shringar Gauri Sthal in the Kashi Vishwanath-Gyanvapi complex. The court heard arguments on the plea’s maintainability on May 26 and rescheduled the case for a hearing on May 30.
“The Muslim side’s arguments on the maintainability of the case remained incomplete today, which they will continue on May 30 — the date fixed by the court for the next hearing,” said district government counsel Rana Sanjeev Singh.
The Muslim side has stated that the plea is unsustainable since the Places of Worship Act 1991 bans any place of worship from being converted and requires it to preserve its religious identity as it was on August 15, 1947.
Notably, the court has given one week to both Hindu and Muslim sides to file objections to the report of the court-mandated videography survey of the Gyanvapi mosque premises.
