A Varanasi court on Monday pronounced that the civil suit by Hindu plaintiffs seeking the right to pray inside the Gyanvapi mosque premises is maintainable and can be heard further, Live Law reported.
Five Hindu women have claimed that an image of the deity Shringar Gauri exists at the mosque and sought permission to offer daily prayers there.
On August 24, District Judge AK Vishvesha had reserved his order on the Anjuman Intezamia Masjid Committee’s application challenging the maintainability of the civil suit.
The committee has filed the application under Order 7 Rule 11 of the Code of Civil Procedure. According to the order, a petition can be dismissed if it does not show a cause of action or is barred by law.
On Monday, advocate Iqhlaq Ahmed, representing mosque authorities, said that they will move the High Court against the attainability order. SM Yaseen, the general secretary of the moaque committee, said the case will continue in court and they will use all the judicial available to them.
Ahead of the court verdict on Monday, prohibitory orders have been imposed and security has been tightened in Varanasi, PTI reported.
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