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July 21, 2023: Varanasi district court ordered scientific survey of Gyanvapi mosque complex to find out whether the mosque was “constructed over a pre-existing structure of a Hindu temple”.
Dec 19, 2023 · The Allahabad High Court Tuesday dismissed five petitions by the UP Sunni Central Waqf Board and the Gyanvapi mosque committee, holding that a suit filed in 1991 over the Varanasi mosque is not barred under provisions of the Places of Worship Act.
The Gyanvapi Mosque is located in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India. It was constructed c. 1678, a decade after Aurangzeb's demolition of a Shiva temple that stood at the site.
May 13, 2022 · On May 12, 2022, the Varanasi court, in a landmark judgment on the Gyanvapi mosque, refused to remove advocate commissioner Ajay Kumar Mishra, who was appointed for the survey of the mosque, and ordered a survey of the basement of the Gyanvapi mosque before May 17.
May 29, 2023 · On May 13th, 2022, Chief Justice of India N.V. Ramana agreed to list the Gyanvapi mosque case before a Bench presided over by Justices D.Y. Chandrachud. With this listing, political debates over the historical origins of places of worship have entered the Supreme Court once again.
Jan 26, 2024 · ASI's findings, submitted on December 18, expose the historical debate over the Gyanvapi Mosque's origin near the Kashi Vishwanath temple. From a 1991 petition to recent judicial pauses, this legal saga reflects deep-rooted complexities.
Sep 12, 2022 · Relying on the argument that even after August 15, 1947, the religious character of the Gyanvapi mosque allowed for prayers to Hindu deities, the Varanasi court said in its order that the Places of Worship Act does not bar the civil suit.
Nov 11, 2022 · The Supreme Court’s bench, headed by Chief Justice DY Chandrachud, is set to hear the Gyanvapi Mosque dispute today, November 11. The case is listed before a three-judge bench, which has been hearing it since it was mentioned by counsel for the plaintiff, Hindu devotees.
May 8, 2022 · Gyanvapi row: Temple symbols being removed, claims lawyer; petitioner to withdraw case | All you need to know. The Gyanvapi Masjid adjacent to the Kashi Vishwanath Mandir in Varanasi has long been at the centre of a multi-layered legal battle.
Sep 12, 2022 · . Varanasi's seniormost judge is expected to decide today whether the court should continue hearing a case filed by five Hindu women seeking the right to worship inside the city's Gyanvapi...
