NEW DELHI: In an enormous setback to the Sunni Central Waqf Board and Anjuman Intezamia Masjid Committee, the Allahabad High Court on Tuesday rejected all 5 petitions filed by them difficult the maintainability of a civil go well with pending earlier than a Varanasi courtroom looking for the restoration of a temple on the website the place the Gyanvapi mosque exists.
The petitions filed by the Anjuman Intezamia Masajid Committee (AIMC) and the Uttar Pradesh Sunni Central Waqf Board had additional challenged a Varanasi courtroom order of April 8, 2021, to conduct a complete survey of the Gyanvapi mosque. According to the Hindu aspect plaintiff, the Gyanvapi mosque is part of the temple. On December 8, Justice Rohit Ranjan Agarwal had reserved judgment after listening to the counsels of the petitioners and the respondent.
Allahabad High Court rejects petitions of Sunni Central Waqf Board and Anjuman Intezamia Masjid Committee concerning the possession between Gyanvapi Mosque and Kashi Vishwanath Temple in Varanasi
— ANI (@ANI) December 19, 2023
The Allahabad High Court order got here a day after the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) introduced its complete report following a meticulous 92-day scientific survey of the Gyanvapi mosque complicated. The sealed report, now within the fingers of Varanasi district Judge AK Vishvesha, holds pivotal proof concerning the mosque’s origins and its potential connection to a pre-existing Hindu temple.
After ASI submitted its report, the Hindu aspect fervently appealed for its public launch and urged the courtroom to offer copies to all concerned events. The courtroom has scheduled the subsequent listening to for December 21, the place the destiny of the Kashi Vishwanath Temple-Gyanvapi Mosque dispute will seemingly take a decisive flip.
It is noteworthy that the ASI had beforehand requested further time to conclude the survey, with Varanasi District Court Judge AK Vishvesh extending the deadline to December 18. The courtroom had, on earlier events, granted extensions to the ASI, demonstrating the complexity and significance of the investigation.
The courtroom had earlier requested it to submit its survey report by November 17. Later, ASI was granted time till November 28 to file its report. The survey has been held for 100 days, throughout which the ASI has requested for a number of extensions. The survey had concluded nearly a month in the past and the ASI had sought additional time to file its report.
The final extension was on November 18, when the ASI requested for one more 15 days. The courtroom had allowed it 10 days. The ASI had been surveying since August 4 on the mosque premises. It leaves out the Wuzukhana space, which has been sealed by the orders of the Supreme Court.
On November 2, the ASI instructed the courtroom it had “completed” the survey however would want some extra time to compile the report, together with the small print of the tools used within the survey. The courtroom had granted further time until November 17 for submitting the doc. The survey was ordered by a Varanasi courtroom on July 21, following a petition by 4 ladies who sought permission to hope on the Shringar Gauri Shrine which is behind the western wall of the temple.
Earlier, in August this yr, the Allahabad High Court allowed the Archaeological Survey of India to conduct a survey of the Gyanvapi mosque complicated in Varanasi.
On August 4, the Supreme Court additionally refused to halt the ASI’s survey of the Gyanvapi Mosque, aside from the ‘wuzukhana’ space. The ASI, dedicated to preserving the construction, assured the courtroom that no excavation would happen on the website, permitting the survey to proceed.
