Shortly after a stunning claim by Hindu petitioners that a "Shivling" had been found in a pond at the Gyanvapi Masjid complex in Uttar Pradesh's Varanasi, a court today ordered it closed off to the public.
Petitions by five women asking to be allowed to pray at a Hindu shrine behind Varanasi's Gyanvapi Mosque complex is building up into a flashpoint in Uttar Pradesh. Reports said one of the women may withdraw her plea but she later said she wouldn't.
Updated Apr 13, 2021 | 13:42 IST
The caveat petition says that the applicants/caveators are affected persons and they may be heard in opposition to the present application seeking a stay of the order dated 8.4.2021 in the interest of justice. Gyanvapi Mosque Complex | Credit: Sidharth Shekhar
A day after the masjid management panel - Anjuman Intezamia Masjid Committee - moved the Allahabad High Court against the April 8 order of a Varanasi local court for an ASI survey of the entire Kashi Vishwanath temple- Gyanvapi mosque complex to ascertain whether the mosque was built after demolishing a temple, the Hindu side on Tuesday filed a caveat that is a petition which urges the High Court to not pass any order without hearing it.