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Gyanvapi case: Varanasi court upholds maintainability of Hindu side’s petition, next hearing on Sep 22

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Varanasi, Sep 12: In a big win for Hindu side, the Varanasi district court on Monday rejected the petition of the Muslim side in the Gyanvapi Masjid case and said that the suit filed by five Hindu women seeking worshipping rights in the Gyanvapi Mosque compound is maintainable.

The verdict comes as a major boost to the 5 Hindu women who sought permission for the daily worship of Hindu deities located on the outer wall of the Gyanvapi mosque. The next hearing in the case is scheduled for 22 September.

Gyanvapi LIVE: In a Big Win for Hindu Side, court holds plea for worship as maintainable

Gyanvapi Case LIVE updates

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7:12 PM, 12 Sep

The Hindus' side will further seek for Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) survey and carbon dating of ‘Shivling’.
7:12 PM, 12 Sep

The plea for daily puja is likely to be heard on September 22.
7:11 PM, 12 Sep

The Muslim side will approach Allahabad High Court against the district court's order.
7:11 PM, 12 Sep

What could happen next in the Gyanvapi row?

First, after the court held the plea 'maintainable', the hearing will continue on the plea of the Hindus' sides seeking permission to worship Shringar Gauri and other deities in the complex.
4:13 PM, 12 Sep

Provided that if any suit, appeal or other proceeding, instituted or filed on the ground that conversion has taken place in the religious character of any such place after the 15th day of August, 1947, is pending on the commencement of this Act, such suit, appeal or other proceeding shall be disposed of in accordance with the provisions of sub-section (1).
4:13 PM, 12 Sep

If, on the commencement of this Act, any suit, appeal or other proceeding with respect to the conversion of the religious character of any place of worship, existing on the 15th day of August, 1947, is pending before any court, tribunal or other authority, the same shall abate, and no suit, appeal or other proceeding with respect to any such matter shall lie on or after such commencement in any court, tribunal or other authority:
4:13 PM, 12 Sep

Section 3 of the Act bars the conversion of places of worship. "No person shall convert any place of worship of any religious denomination or any section thereof into a place of worship of a different section of the same religious denomination or of a different religious denomination or any section thereof," it says.
4:13 PM, 12 Sep

The Act extends to the whole of India except the state of Jammu and Kashmir.
4:02 PM, 12 Sep

The Places of Worship (Special Provisions) Act, 1991 was enacted to "prohibit conversion of any place of worship and to provide for the maintenance of the religious character of any place of worship as it existed on the 15th day of August, 1947 and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto".
3:49 PM, 12 Sep

The women had moved the court with their plea on April 18, 2021, and also sought a court's order to stop the opponents from causing any damage to the idols. This case had once again brought to the fore the Places of Worship (Special Provisions) Act of 1991.
3:49 PM, 12 Sep

The current controversy started when a plea by Delhi women Rakhi Singh, Laxmi Devi, Sita Sahu and others sought permission to perform daily worship of deities Shringar Gauri, Lord Ganesha, Lord Hanuman and Nandi whose idols are located on the outer wall of the Gyanvapi Mosque.
3:38 PM, 12 Sep

Earlier, the Hindu side had said that they will seek for Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) survey and carbon dating of 'Shivling' if the judgment comes in their favour.
3:27 PM, 12 Sep

The Muslim side in the Gyanvapi Mosque row will move the Allahabad High Court against the verdict of the district court which held that the writ by the Hindu side is maintainable.
3:21 PM, 12 Sep

We think this decision will come from the Supreme Court: Mohammad Tauheed, lawyer representing the Anjuman Intezamia Masjid, caretaker of the mosque was quoted saying by NDTV.
3:07 PM, 12 Sep

District Judge A K Vishvesh ordered that it would continue to hear the petition seeking the right to worship in the temple.
2:53 PM, 12 Sep

The Muslim side has argued that the Gyanvapi mosque is a Waqf property and had questioned the maintainability of the plea.
2:53 PM, 12 Sep

Five women had filed the petition seeking permission for daily worship of Hindu deities whose idols are claimed to be located on an outer wall of the Gyanvapi mosque.
2:47 PM, 12 Sep

The court which posted the matter for hearing on September 22 will now hear the arguments based on merits.
2:45 PM, 12 Sep

Bharat is happy today, says petitioner from Hindu side Manju Vyas as she dances and celebrates the Gyanvapi Shringar Gauri verdict.
2:44 PM, 12 Sep

It's a foundation stone for the Gyanvapi temple. Appeal to people to maintain peace, he added.
2:43 PM, 12 Sep

It's a win for the Hindu community. The next hearing is on Sep 22, says Sohan Lal Arya, petitioner in the Gyanvapi Mosque case.
2:40 PM, 12 Sep

The court rejected the Muslim side's petition and said the suit is maintainable. The next hearing of the case is on Sep 22: Advocate Vishnu Shankar Jain, representing the Hindu side in the Gyanvapi mosque case
2:39 PM, 12 Sep

The next hearing in the case is scheduled for 22 September.
2:37 PM, 12 Sep

In a big win for Hindu side, the Varanasi district court dismissed a plea challenging the maintainability of the suit filed by the Hindu side.

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