The Court today also opined that the main case boiled down to who was in possession over the disputed site when barricades were set up near the Gyanvapi mosque in 1993.
On January 31, the Varanasi district court allowed puja (prayers) in the southern cellar of the Gyanvapi mosque complex. The southern cellar was opened the same night and a priest performed prayers.
The Allahabad High Court has dismissed as withdrawn a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) seeking the direction to Uttar Pradesh government to seal the entire Gyanvapi premises without affecting the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) survey order.The petition was filed by Jitender Singh Visen, Rakhi Singh, and others.