Petition of Hindu party is maintainable in Gyanvapi case – Allahabad High Court

All 5 petitions of the Muslim party were dismissed by the Court

The Court ordered the Varanasi District Court to give a verdict within 6 months

Prayagraj (UP) – On 19th December Allahabad High Court pronounced the reserved decision of 8th December after hearing the Gyanvapi case. The High Court dismissed all the petitions of the Muslim party and said that the petition of the Hindu party was maintainable. A bench headed by Justice Rohit Ranjan Agarwal dismissed the Anjuman Intezamia Masjid Committee’s petition challenging all the petitions regarding the ownership of Gyanvapi. The Court said, ‘The outcome of the petition will affect two major communities in the country. We direct the Varanasi District Court to give their verdict within six months.’

The High Court said that the archaeological survey conducted for one petition could be used for other petitions and if the District Court felt that any part of the Gyanvapi complex was required to be surveyed, it could direct the Archaeological Survey of India to conduct the survey.

Petition of the Muslim party

The ‘Anjuman Intezamia Masjid Committee’ and the ‘Uttar Pradesh Sunni Central Waqf Board challenged the Varanasi Court’s order of 8th April 2021 in the Gyanvapi survey case. Due to this verdict given by the High Court, now the Muslim party can appeal in the Supreme Court. According to the Hindu party, the Gyanvapi mosque is a part of the temple. The Muslim party had argued that the civil suit filed by the Hindu party was barred under the 1991 Places of Worship Act’.

What did the lawyers of the Hindu party say ?

Vijay Shankar Rastogi, a lawyer representing the Hindu Party, said “The High Court has directed the Varanasi Court to look at the evidence of the religious status of the Gyanvapi complex on 15th August 1947. It also directed to give a verdict in this case within six months. The High Court has supported Varanasi Court’s order for the survey. The report prepared by the Archaeology Survey of India after the survey will be considered in the High Court”.

Advocate Rastogi added, “The Muslim party had filed five petitions in the High Court. The Court has dismissed all of them. These petitions included two petitions challenging the petition filed by the Hindu party in 1991. The High Court has ordered the Varanasi Court to hear them. There is a petition in the Court (Case No. 610) to which the ‘Places of Worship Act’ does not apply. The remaining three petitions of the Muslim party challenged the 2021 order of the Varanasi Court to conduct an archaeological survey of the Gyanvapi complex.

Editorial Perspective

First Ayodhya and now Gyanvapi; every time in every court the Muslim party is getting defeated ! Considering the historical truth, the verdict of this case too will be in favour of Hindus. Therefore, the Muslim party should accept the truth and withdraw now, otherwise be it Gyanvapi, Mathura or any other case, they will be defeated in the Court and the Muslim party, in turn Muslim community would face embarrassment.