Gyanvapi mosque case: Varanasi court to decide course of action today

In Varanasi, advocate Akhlaque Ahmed, representing Anjuman Intezamia Masajid, said, “We filed an application in the court today stating that as per the Supreme Court directive, the Varanasi court should first decide on the maintainability of the suit. The opposition (the Hindu side) raised demands to also hear the commission report filed recently.” The report Ahmed referred to was the report by a commission tasked by a local court to conduct a videographic survey of the mosque complex.

The counsel for the Hindu petitioners, advocate Sudhir Tripathi, said, “We requested the court to allow us to examine the commission report and the video taken during the survey because it is evidence in the case. In this regard, we submitted an application in court seeking permission to allow us to study the commission report. The opposition (the Muslim side) raised objection over our prayer and demanded that the court should first decide on the maintainability of the suit.”

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On Monday, only the applicants and their lawyers were allowed to enter the courtroom for the hearing which began shortly after 2 pm.

“After hearing both sides, District Judge Ajaya Krishna Vishvesha reserved his order. Tomorrow the court will decide its course of action and also when it will hear the issue of maintainability of the suit,” District Government Counsel (Civil) Mahendra Prasad Pandey said.