The Allahabad High Court has scheduled the next hearing in the Gyanvapi case for February 12th. The Varanasi court’s order permitting Hindu devotees to say prayers in the Gyanvapi mosque‘s cellar was being challenged in an appeal filed by the Anjuman Intezamia Masjid Committee, which was being heard by the High Court.
Gyanvapi Mosque: After thirty years, worship is being held in the Gyanvapi basement in Varanasi. In the morning on Thursday, February 1, worship arrived at the basement. The District Court of Varanasi granted Hindus permission to pray in the basement located on the premises on Wednesday, January 31, which was a major relief for the Hindu side. Hindus are entitled to pray in the Gyanvapi basement of Vyas ji.
The court ordered the Varanasi District Magistrate to arrange for a priest chosen by the Hindu community and the Shri Kashi Vishwanath Temple Trust to do the puja.
The Varanasi District Court appointed the District Magistrate as the receiver on January 17 and gave him instructions to maintain the basement’s security and avoid making any alterations.
On January 24, the DM was given the basement as the final step in the process of being taken into the district magistrate’s custody by the team led by Additional District Magistrate Prakash Chandra.
