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Fresh application in court for ASI survey of all the remaining cellars in Gyanvapi mosque

Hindu plaintiff seeks survey of remaining cellars in disputed Gyanvapi mosque, challenging court's order allowing puja.

The Hindu

Wazukhana survey | Allahabad High Court judge recuses from hearing plea against Varanasi court's order

Allahabad High Court judge Justice Manish Kumar Nigam on January 24 recused himself from hearing a plea challenging the Varanasi district court’s refusal to direct the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) to undertake a survey of the ‘wazukhana’ area except the ‘Shivling’ inside the Gyanvapi mosque complex.

The Hindu

Court rejects plea seeking ASI survey inside Gyanvyapi mosque wazukhana

Varanasi district court rejects plea to survey Gyanvapi mosque wazukhana area, citing Supreme Court's May 17, 2022 order. Petitioner seeks survey to identify religious character of mosque precincts as of Aug 15, 1947. Applicant to now approach Allahabad High Court.

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Gyanvapi case: fresh application seeks curbs on entry to mosque to protect Hindu symbols

Rakhi Singh files application in Varanasi court to seal areas in Gyanvapi Mosque with Hindu symbols and restrict namaaz visitors. Seeks to protect symbols from Anjuman Masjid Committee and visitors. Application filed to safeguard Hindu symbols found in ASI survey and prevent irreparable injury. High Court dismissed application to seal…

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PIL plea seeking sealing of Gyanvapi mosque dismissed as withdrawn by Allahabad HC

The Allahabad High Court dismissed as withdrawn a PIL petition which sought a direction to the Uttar Pradesh government to seal the entire premises of the Gyanvyapi mosque so that non-Hindus cannot enter

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PIL in Allahabad HC seeks sealing of Gyanvapi mosque premises

A group of right-wing activists, along with one of the Hindu petitioners in the Gyanvyapi mosque case, have filed a PIL in the Allahabad HC, seeking a direction to the Uttar Pradesh government to seal the entire mosque premises

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Gyanvapi Mosque Case: Caveat filed in Allahabad HC over direction for ASI survey by Varanasi court

A caveat petition in the Gyanvapi case was filed by Rakhi Singh, a petitioner from the Hindu side, in the Allahabad High Court on Monday, on the order of Varanasi Court directing a survey of the sealed area on the mosque complex by the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI). Read…

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Caveat filed in Allahabad HC on Gyanvapi survey case

A caveat petiton was filed by Hindu petitioner Rakhi Singh in the Allahabad High Court on Saturday based on the order of Varanasi Court which gave directions to conduct an Archaeological Survey of India (ASO) survey of the Gyanvapi mosque complex, excluding the 'Wazukhana' area which has been sealed. Read…

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Gyanvapi dispute | Varanasi court defers order on petition filed by Hindu plaintiffs

Hindu plaintiffs claim that a disputed structure found in the mosque premises is a “shivling”; mosque panel insists that the structure is part of the fountain in the wuzu khana (ablution pond).

The Hindu

Gyanvapi dispute | Varanasi court reserves order on application to carbon-date ‘shivling’

Masjid panel has insisted that the structure in question is part of the fountain in the mosque’s ablution pond

The Hindu

Gyanvapi dispute: Hindu side concludes, Masjid panel to rebut on Monday

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Uttar Pradesh: Nature of Gyanvapi structure should be defined first, says plaintiff

VARANASI: A plaintiff in the Shringar Gauri case on Tuesday requested the district court that the nature of Gyanvapi structure should be defined first, challenging the bid of Anjuman Intezamiya Masajid — the Gyanvapi mosque management committee — to seek relief under the Places of Worship (Special Provisions) Act, 1991.

The Times of India

Lead plaintiff begins submissions in Gyanvapi dispute

Religious character of the site was Hindu till 1993, plaintiff’s counsel argues

The Hindu

Gyanvapi dispute | Now, masjid panel too seeks removal of Vishnu Shankar Jain over ‘conflict’

This comes a day after one of the Hindu plaintiffs went to court against Mr. Jain appearing for them

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Gyanvapi dispute | Rift among Hindu plaintiffs widens amid barrage of allegations

Plaintiff Rakhi Singh wants her suit to be treated separately

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Hindu plaintiffs begin arguments in Gyanvapi dispute

The civil suit was initially filed by five women seeking the right to pray at a Hindu temple adjacent to the mosque throughout the year

The Times of India

Gyanvapi case: After SC order, Varanasi district judge to restart hearing Anjuman Intezamia Masjid’s arguments

VARANASI: The court of Varanasi district judge Ajay Krishna Vishvesha will restart hearing on the Anjuman Intezamia Masjid (AIM) – the mosque management committee – arguments challenging the maintainability of case seeking permission to offer prayer at Shringar Gauri and other deities in Gyanvapi mosque compound in compliance of May…

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Gyanvapi dispute: Dist. court junks plea for FIR against Masjid panel

The court said that the petitioner could not produce any specific evidence that pointed to any cognizable offences committed by the masjid panel

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Split among Gyanvapi Hindu plaintiffs may spread to other cases too

Hari Shankar Jain calls it ‘betrayal’ but says he continues to represent the other four plaintiffs

The Times of India

Uttar Pradesh: Shringar Gauri lawyer, Vishwa Vedic Sanatan Sangh chief part ways

VARANASI: The fissures appearing between veteran advocate Harishankar Jain and Vishwa Vedic Sanatan Sangh (VVSS) chief Jitendra Singh Visen, who has rallied behind the Shringar Gauri case while his niece Rakhi Singh is one of the plaintiffs in the case, lately widened so much that two have parted ways, reports…

The Times of India

Uttar Pradesh: Shringar Gauri case lawyer, Vedic Sangh chief part ways

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Varanasi: Gyanvapi case hearing to start in court of district judge on Monday

VARANASI: The court of district judge would start hearing of Gyanvapi-Shringar Gauri case (no-693/2021 Rakhi Singh Vs UP government and others) on Monday since all the related files were transferred to it on Saturday in compliance with the Supreme Court’s May 20 order of shifting the trial from civil judge…

The Times of India

Gyanvapi complex: ‘Structure’ appeared after pond was drained, says DM

VARANASI: In his application claiming a shivling was found in the ablution pond of the Kashi VishwanathGyanvapi complex, plaintiff Rakhi Singh’s lawyer Harishankar Jain demanded restricting the number of people offering namaz at the mosque to 20 at a time.

The Times of India

On eve of SC hearing, Gyanvapi area sealed after shivling claim

VARANASI: A lawyer's claim about a "shivling" being found in the wuzu khana (ablution pond) of the Kashi Vishwanath-Gyanvapi complex during the ongoing court-ordered survey of the premises on Monday prompted the civil judge hearing the case to direct the administration to immediately seal and secure the area. The keys…

The Times of India

Petitioners claim ‘Shivlinga’ found during Gyanvapi survey; court orders sealing of area

VARANASI: After a lawyer of a petitioner claimed that a 'Shivlinga' was found in the 'wuzu khana' (ablution pond) of the Gyanvapi complex during the survey on Monday, the civil judge (senior division) ordered to seal the area.

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