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A Varanasi court in January had allowed Hindu parties to offer prayers and puja in the southern cellar/basement of the Gyanvapi Mosque. The civil court order was later upheld by the Allahabad High Court. ....
A Varanasi court has set February 28 for the Gyanvapi Masjid committee s plea against a recent ruling allowing priests to perform prayers in the mosque s cellar. The committee has also filed a petition in the Allahabad High Court against the district court verdict. ....
The Allahabad High Court refused to grant interim stay on the Varanasi district court s order allowing puja inside the Gyanvapi mosque cellar. The HC directed the state government to maintain law and order. The mosque committee had not challenged the January 17 order appointing the district magistrate as receiver. Muslim shopkeepers observed a bandh in protest, while the AIMPLB alleged bias by the judiciary. The AIMPLB will challenge the order in the Supreme Court and seek a meeting with the president. ....
While the VHP welcomed the order, Muslim side counsel Mumtaz Ahmed said they will challenge it in the high court. The judge has said the plaintiffs can submit their objections before the court on February 8. ....
District Judge Ajay Krishna Vishvesha on Wednesday appointed district magistrate of Varanasi as the receiver for the southern cellar of the Gyanvapi m ....