On May 30, the Varanasi District Court deferred the hearing on the Anjuman Intezamia Masjid Committee's plea challenging the maintainability of a suit filed by Hindu women till July 4.
The Hindu side had claimed that a Shivling was found during a videography survey of the Gyanvapi mosque-Shringar Gauri complex last month.
Lawyers in Varanasi had refused to plead the case and the Allahabad High Court transferred it to the Ghaziabad district court.
Gyanvapi Mosque, adjacent to the famed Kashi Vishwanath Temple on the western bank of river Ganga in Varanasi, is currently facing a legal battle.
During the hearing on Monday, the Muslim side argued against the maintainability of the plea, district government counsel Rana Sanjiv Singh said.
On May 26, the district judge had started hearing the case on the issue of its maintainability in compliance with the order of the Supreme Court.
The issue is being widely discussed in Pakistan and other Islamic nations around the world. News channels and newspapers have prominently published the developments regarding the controversy.
Gyanvapi Mosque, adjacent to the Kashi Vishwanath Temple in Varanasi, is currently facing a legal battle.
Gyanvapi Mosque, adjacent to the Kashi Vishwanath Temple in Varanasi, is currently facing a legal battle.
'Shivling' was found in the wuzu pond of Gyanvapi by the petitioners, after a videography survey of the Gyanvapi Masjid was conducted.
The Supreme Court suggested that the matter be heard by a district court in Varanasi.
The Gyanvapi mosque is located close to the iconic Kashi Vishwanath temple in Varanasi and the local court is hearing a plea by a group of women seeking permission for daily prayers before the idols on its outer walls.
The Akhil Bharat Hindu Mahasabha said that Aurangzeb ordered to bury the idols of Hindu gods and goddesses under the stairs of Delhi's Jama Masjid.
The 3-day-long court-monitored videography survey of the Kashi Vishwanath Temple-Gyanvapi Mosque complex in Varanasi concluded on May 16.
Hearing the matter today, the Supreme Court said, "We will say that if a Shivling is found then the DM will ensure security to the area."
The Varanasi Civil Court had last week ordered a video assessment of the Gyanvapi mosque complex, including three domes, underground basements and the pond.
The survey of the entire Gyanvapi mosque complex was ordered by a local Varanasi court on a plea by a group of women seeking permission for daily prayers before the idols on the mosque's outer walls.
The VHP's reaction came after the counsels representing the Hindu petitioners in the Gyanvapi case claimed a Shivling was found during a court-mandated videography survey.
A bench of Justices DY Chandrachud and PS Narasimha would be hearing the plea of the Committee of Management Anjuman Intezamia Masjid, which manages the affairs of Gyanvapi mosque in Varanasi.
Asaduddin Owaisi said Muslims are not ready to lose another mosque after the Babri Masjid, on a day it was claimed in a Varanasi court that a Shivling was found in the Gyanvapi complex.
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