Varanasi: A piece of individuals from the Muslim neighborhood on Thursday staged a protest towards the Varanasi court docket’s order permitting puja inside Gyanvapi Mosque complicated’s ‘Vyas Tehkhana’. The Muslim neighborhood protested after providing prayers on the Gyanvapi mosque. The protestorers whereas speaking to reporters claimed that “there is no evidence that a that the Vyas family held any land inside the mosque complex.” Â
Earlier immediately, the Masjid Intezamia Committee of Gyanvapi mosque of Varanasi filed a revision petition in Allahabad High Court towards Varanasi District Court’s order permitting Hindus to carry out prayers contained in the southern celler of Gyanvapi mosque.
In the petition filed by the Mosque committee, they’ve sought a keep on Varanasi court docket order.
The plea acknowledged that until now the petition concerning maintainability of the go well with underneath Order 7, Rule 11 has not been determined. Therefore, the order to present the fitting to worship shouldn’t be appropriate.
Following the Varanasi court docket order, Muslim aspect lawyer Akhlaq Ahmed mentioned, “The order has overlooked the Advocate Commissioner report of 2022, ASI’s report, and the decision of 1937, which was in our favour. The Hindu side has not placed any evidence that prayers were held before 1993. There is no such idol in the place.”
The mosque has 4 ‘tahkhanas’ (cellars) within the basement, of which one continues to be within the possession of the Vyas household, who used to stay there. Vyas had petitioned that, as a hereditary pujari, he be allowed to enter the tahkhana and resume pooja.
The ASI survey, ordered by the identical court docket, in reference to a associated case, urged that the mosque was constructed throughout Aurangzeb’s rule over the stays of a Hindu temple.
