Lagatar24 Desk
Varanasi, July 4: The Varanasi district court will resume hearing the Gyanvapi case today. The Varanasi District Court postponed the hearing on the Anjuman Intezamia Masjid Committee’s motion to dismiss a lawsuit brought by five Hindu women until July 4 on May 30.
“Muslim side will continue with its arguments. According to them, the case is not maintainable, but we’ve said that it’s maintainable … Our demand to grant worship there is legally valid,” Advocate Vishnu Shankar Jain, the counsel for the Hindu side said.
The attorney for Anjuman Intezamia Masjid cited a number of decisions in support of his contention that the Places of Worship Act of 1991 precludes the maintainability of a lawsuit brought by Hindu women.
The Masjid Committee’s arguments to deny the accusations made in the civil litigation regarding the Gyanvapi Mosque were not successful and will be continued today.
When scheduling the hearing on the Gyanvapi-Shringar Gauri complex case’s maintainability earlier, the District Judge’s court stated that the matter would be heard in accordance with the Supreme Court’s instructions.
The Muslim side stated that the building was a component of the fountain at the mosque’s wuzu khana location, while the Hindu side claimed that a Shivling (a depiction of Lord Shiva) was found inside the mosque grounds.
In the meantime, a Varanasi civil court today ordered the masjid committee to submit a response to another civil lawsuit demanding the right to worship inside the mosque grounds.
The matter has been scheduled for July 8 by Civil Judge Mahendra Kumar Pandey of the Senior Division (Fast Track Court).
