GG News Bureau
Prayagraj, 19th Dec. The Allahabad High Court on Tuesday dismissed all five suits challenging the maintainability of a civil suit pending before a Varanasi court. This civil suit seeks the restoration of a temple at the site where the Gyanvapi mosque currently stands.
Justice Rohit Ranjan Agarwal, in pronouncing the judgment, stated that the suit filed in 1991 before the Varanasi court is maintainable and not barred by the Places of Religious Worship Act, 1991.
The court has also directed a comprehensive survey of the Gyanvapi mosque site.
The Anjuman Intezamia Masjid Committee (AIMC) and the Uttar Pradesh Sunni Central Waqf Board had filed petitions challenging a Varanasi court order from April 8, 2021, which called for a comprehensive survey of the Gyanvapi mosque.
The AIMC, responsible for managing the Gyanvapi mosque located next to the Kashi Vishwanath temple in Varanasi, has disputed the maintainability of a suit filed before the Varanasi court.
The Hindu petitioners in this suit seek the restoration of a temple at the current site of the Gyanvapi mosque, claiming that the mosque is part of the temple.
The main argument put forth by the Anjuman Intezamia Masajid Committee and the UP Sunni Central Waqf Board is that the suit is prohibited by the Places of Worship Act (Special Provisions) Act of 1991, which restricts any alteration to the character of religious places as they existed on August 15, 1947.
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