Gyanvapi Mosque row: No hearing in Varanasi court today due to lawyers' strike

The hearing on the Gyanvapi Mosque matter will not be held in Varanasi court today due to the strike of lawyersI have received phone calls from general secretary and I have been told that several petitions have come for admission Gyanvapi Mosque matter is very important so all the members of the executive have been called Dhirendra Nath Sharma Benaras Bar Association President told ANIUnless we hold a meeting we will not be in a position to grant permission to anyone But I would like to say clearly that even if we grant permission it will be done only after 2 pm said SharmaBar Association has an objection to a notice issued by the Uttar Pradesh government to the lawyers Lawyers are holding a statewide strike over the matterAdvocate Madan Mohan Yadav a lawyer for the plaintiff demanded the Bar Association to allow important proceedings to be heard on Wednesday itselfWe have moved an application at Varanasi court seeking permission from Bar Association to let the hearing continue Advocate Yadav saidFollowing the strike by lawyers the Muslim side sought two days time from the court to file their objection pleaNotably the Court Commissioner has also been granted two days time by the court on Tuesday to file his reportMeanwhile an application has been filed in Varanasi court to demolish the wall beside wazukhana where a Shivling is claimed to be found during the survey of the Gyanvapi Mosque premises said lawyer Vishnu Shankar Jain representing the Hindu side on WednesdayThe Varanasi civil court on Tuesday removed the AdvocateCommissioner Ajay Kumar Mishra from the panel formed to survey the Gyanvapi mosqueThe courtappointed special Commission has also received twomore days to submit the survey report The threedaylong courtmonitored videography survey of the Kashi Vishwanath TempleGyanvapi Mosque complex in Varanasi concluded on MondayThe Hindu petitioner in the case Sohan Lal Arya on Monday claimed that the committee found a Shivling at the complex Arya who accompanied the court commission for the mosque survey said that they have found conclusive evidenceThe Supreme Court heard the plea seeking a stay on the survey of the Gyanvapi Mosque complex in Varanasi on Tuesday and observed that till the next date of hearing Varanasi District Majistrate will ensure that the Shivling area will be protected but it will not impede access of Muslims to the mosque for prayersThe President of the Hindu Sena Vishnu Gupta on Tuesday filed an intervention application seeking directions for dismissal of the petition filed by Anjuman Intezamia Masjid Management Committee challenging the videography survey of the Gyanvapi Mosque complex which is adjacent to the famous Kashi Vishwanath Temple in VaranasiAfter the conclusion of the survey the Varanasi court ordered the District Magistrate of Varanasi Kaushal Raj Sharma to seal the area where the Shivling was found and to bar people from going to the placeIn its order the court said that the DM police commissioner and the Central Reserve Police Force CRPF commandant Varanasi will be responsible for the security of the sealed area ANIThis 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