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Gyanvapi case updates: Supreme Court transfers case to Varanasi District Judge

The Supreme Court suggested that the matter be heard by a district court in Varanasi.

Gyanvapi Masjid, gyanvapi masjid news, gyanvapi hearing live, gyanvapi hearing, Gyanvapi Mosque Case Image Source : PTISecurity personnel stand guard during a videographic survey at Gyanvapi Masjid complex, in Varanasi.   

The Supreme Court Friday transferred the civil suit filed by Hindu devotees on Gyanvapi mosque from civil judge (senior division) to district judge, Varanasi saying looking at the complexities and sensitivity of the issue, it is better for a senior judicial officer to handle the case. A bench of Justices DY Chandrachud, Surya Kant, and PS Narasimha said that it is not casting any aspersion on the civil judge (senior division) who was earlier dealing with the suit. The SC said once the commission report on the Gyanvapi mosque case is out, there cannot be selective leaks. "Once the commission report is there, there cannot be selective leaks. Do not leak things to the press. Only judge opens the report,” an apex court bench said while hearing the case."  The Supreme Court suggested that the matter be heard by a district court in Varanasi. On May 17, the top court had directed the district magistrate of Varanasi to ensure the protection of an area inside the Gyanvapi-Shringar Gauri complex where a 'Shivling' is said to have been found during a survey and allowed Muslims to offer ‘namaz’ and perform “religious observances”.

 

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  • 4:11 PM (IST) Posted by Sri Lasya

    Supreme Court says having regard to the sensitivity of this civil suit case, the case is transferred from civil judge senior division Varanasi to district judge Varanasi.

                     

  • 4:10 PM (IST) Posted by Sri Lasya

    Supreme Court orders transfer of Gyanvapi mosque case to District Judge, Varanasi.

    Supreme Court orders that senior and experienced judicial officer of UP Judicial services will hear the case.

  • 4:05 PM (IST) Posted by Sri Lasya

    SC says - Forget there is mosque on one side and temple on the other.

    Suppose there is a Parsi temple and there is a cross in the corner of the area.  Does the presence of 'agyari' make the cross agyari or agyari Christian? This hybrid character is not unknown.

  • 3:56 PM (IST) Posted by Sri Lasya

    Supreme Court says once the Commission's report is there, there cannot be selective leaks.

     Do not leaks thing to the press, only judge opens the report, says SC.

  • 3:55 PM (IST) Posted by Sri Lasya

    SC says these are complex social problems&no solution by human being can be perfect.

    Our order is to maintain a certain degree of peace&calm&our interim orders calms some frayed nerves with some healing touch. We're on a jt mission on preserving a sense of unification in country.

  • 3:40 PM (IST) Posted by Sri Lasya

    Senior adv Huzefa Ahmadi says what will happen on the ground till the time Committee's plea is not decided by the Court?

    You have to see how this case is being used for 4 or 5 mosques across the country. This will create public mischief which the 1991 Worship Act wanted to avoid.

     

  • 3:39 PM (IST) Posted by Sri Lasya

    Senior advocate Huzefa Ahmadi also says that the plaintiff before the trial court are succeeding in getting a place sealed which was being used by this part for the next 500 years.

                          

  • 3:39 PM (IST) Posted by Sri Lasya

    Ahmadi says Committee's challenge is to the trial court's order appointing Commission itself, it is prohibited by the 1991 Worship Act and the Constitution itself.

    Ahmadi says Committee's challenge is to the trial court's order appointing Commission itself, it is prohibited by the 1991 Worship Act and the Constitution itself. The Act says such controversies will create great public mischief. Commission report is being selectively leaked.

  • 3:39 PM (IST) Posted by Sri Lasya

    Senior advocate Huzefa Ahmadi for Masajid Committee tells Supreme Court that all the orders passed by the trial court from the beginning are capable of creating great public mischief.

                            

  • 3:38 PM (IST) Posted by Sri Lasya

    SC suggests trial of suit for worship inside mosque be handled by Dist Judge.

    Dist Judge will decide mosque committee's plea that suit by Hindu party isn't maintainable&till then interim order-protection of Shivling area, free acess to Muslims for namaz-will continue, SC suggests

  • 3:38 PM (IST) Posted by Sri Lasya

    SC suggests that Gyanvapi mosque case should be heard by Dist Judge in Varanasi.

    "A slightly more seasoned & mature hand should hear this case. We're not making aspersion on trial judge. But more seasoned hand should deal with this case and it'll benefit all parties," SC observes

  • 3:30 PM (IST) Posted by Sri Lasya

    Senior advocate CS Vaidyanathan appears in court

                      

  • 3:19 PM (IST) Posted by Sri Lasya

    Supreme Court hearing plea challenging Allahabad HC order

    Supreme Court beings hearing of Anjuman Intezamia Masajid Committee's plea against the Varanasi district court order which directed videographic survey of the Gyanvapi Mosque complex, adjacent to the famous Kashi Vishwanath Temple in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh.

     

  • 2:21 PM (IST) Posted by Paras Bisht

    Friday namaz held peacefully amid tight security

    Friday namaz was held peacefully amid tight security at the disputed site in Varanasi. 

  • 1:51 PM (IST) Posted by Paras Bisht

    Mosque doors shut due to overcrowding for Friday namaz

    The mosque doors were shut due to overcrowding for Friday namaz. 

  • 1:44 PM (IST) Posted by Paras Bisht

    Allahabad HC adjourns hearing in Kashi-Vishwanath temple-Gyanvapi Mosque issue

    Allahabad High Court adjourns the hearing in the Kashi-Vishwanath temple-Gyanvapi Mosque issue of Varanasi till 6th July

  • 1:28 PM (IST) Posted by Paras Bisht

    Devotees gather in large numbers to offer Friday prayers outside Gyanvapi mosque

  • 12:52 PM (IST) Posted by Paras Bisht

    Muslims urged to avoid overcrowding mosque during Friday namaz

  • 12:51 PM (IST) Posted by Paras Bisht

    Only 500 Muslims allowed at mosque for Friday namaz

    Only 500 Muslims have been allowed at mosque for Friday namaz, heavy police barricading on roads leading to Gyanvapi site. Muslims are thronging to mosque in huge numbers for Friday namaz.

     

  • 12:14 PM (IST) Posted by Paras Bisht

    SP MP asks Oppn to counter Shivling 'propaganda'

    Samajwadi Party MP Shafiqur Rehman Barq said the claimed discovery of a Shivling in Varanasi's Gyanvapi mosque complex was “false propaganda” and urged opposition parties to counter it.

     

  • 12:13 PM (IST) Posted by Paras Bisht

    'Aurangzeb didn't order creation of waqf, Gyanvapi not a mosque': Hindu party in SC

    The Hindu parties have told the Supreme Court that Gynavapi mosque in Varanasi is not a mosque, as Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb "did not pass any order to create a waqf over the land in question or for handing over land to any Muslim or body of Muslims".

     

  • 10:57 AM (IST) Posted by Paras Bisht

    Order passed by Supreme Court today will have to be adhered by all: Adv Vishal Singh

  • 9:38 AM (IST) Posted by Paras Bisht

    Anjuman Intizamia Masjid, Varanasi appeals to people not to come to the mosque in large numbers to offer Friday prayers

  • 9:19 AM (IST) Posted by Paras Bisht

    SC asks Varanasi civil court not to proceed with Gyanvapi hearing till May 20 as counsel indisposed

    The Supreme Court on Thursday asked the civil court in Varanasi to not proceed with hearing the Gyanvapi case till it takes up the matter on Friday.

     

  • 9:19 AM (IST) Posted by Paras Bisht

    Gyanvapi survey report submitted to Varanasi court

    A commission appointed by a court to conduct a survey of the Gyanvapi Mosque-Shringar Gauri complex filed its report on Thursday, submitting documents, videos and photographs.

     

  • 9:18 AM (IST) Posted by Paras Bisht

    Varanasi court fixes May 23 for next hearing in Gyanvapi case

    A Varanasi court hearing the Gyanvapi-Shringar Gauri case on Thursday posted the matter to May 23 for the next hearing. Both the parties filed their objections and counter-objections on Thursday. In view of the Supreme Court's order to the lower court not to proceed with the matter till Friday, it fixed May 23 for the next hearing, Madan Mohan Yadav, the lawyer representing the Hindu side, said.

     

  • 9:14 AM (IST) Posted by Paras Bisht

    Country will be ruined if movement begins to save Gyanvapi mosque, Shahi Idgah: Babri case plaintiff

    Main plaintiff in the Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid case Haji Mahboob has claimed that the country will be ruined if Muslims begin a movement to save the Gyanvapi mosque in Varanasi and the Shahi Idgah in Mathura. He alleged that after the Babri mosque, the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) is now conspiring to take away the Gyanvapi mosque and the Shahi Idgah.