Varanasi court postpones judgment on plea seeking 'Shivling' worship till Nov 17

A fasttrack court on Monday postponed till November 17 its judgment on a plea seeking permission to allow the worship of a Shivling claimed to have been found inside the Gyanvapi mosque complex hereCivil Judge senior division Mahendra Pandey postponed the judgment till November 17 Assistant District Government Counsel Sulabh Prakash saidAfter hearing the arguments of both sides to the dispute the court had on October 27 reserved its order on the suit for November 8As the judge was on leave on November 8 the matter was posted for MondayOn May 24 plaintiff Kiran Singh general secretary of the Vishwa Vedic Sanatan Sangh filed the suit in the Varanasi district court seeking a ban on the entry of Muslims into the Gyanvapi complex handing over of the complex to the Sanatan Sangh and permission to offer prayers to the ShivlingOn May 25 District Judge A K Vishvesh had ordered the transfer of the suit to the fasttrack courtAlso Read HC dismisses 3 PILs by same person against Uddhav Sanjay Raut and NCP workerThe Varanasi district magistrate the police commissioner the Anjuman Intezamia Committee which manages the affairs of the Gyanvapi mosque and the Vishwanath Temple Trust were made respondents in the suitOn April 26 a lower court civil judgesenior division that was earlier hearing a plea moved by a group of women seeking permission for the daily worship of the idols of the Hindu deities on the mosques outer walls had ordered a videographic survey of the Gyanvapi complex The Hindu side had claimed that a Shivling was found inside the mosque complex during the exerciseHowever the Muslim side has maintained that the structure was part of the fountain mechanism at the wazookhana reservoir where devotees carry out ritual ablutions before offering namazThe Supreme Court had transferred the case from the civil judge senior division to the district judge on May 20 and observed that looking at the complexities and sensitivity of the issue it is better if a senior judicial officer with an experience of more than 2530 years handles the caseThe district judge is hearing another plea that has demanded a survey of the closed underground places on the Gyanvapi premises This case will be heard on November 11This story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever