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Last updated: 24 January 2024, 16:01 IST
A Varanasi court on Wednesday ordered that the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) report on the Gyanvapi Masjid case be made public and provided to both parties.
The Varanasi district court had on July 21 last year directed the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) to conduct a “detailed scientific survey” – including excavations wherever necessary – to determine whether the structure next to the Kashi Vishwanath temple The mosque located in was constructed. a temple.
Earlier in December, ASI had submitted the survey report on Gyanvapi Masjid complex in a sealed envelope in the district court.
The cleaning work of the Vazukhana or bathing area of the Gyanvapi Masjid was completed under the supervision of the District Magistrate of Varanasi following the Supreme Court order last week. The Supreme Court on January 16 had allowed a petition filed by a Hindu woman plaintiff seeking cleaning of the water tank at the Gyanvapi Mosque, which is located in an area that has been sealed.
The Gyanvapi Mosque has been the subject of extensive legal and historical debate as many Hindu groups believe that the mosque stood over a demolished portion of the Kashi Vishwanath Temple.
The mosque is located close to the iconic Kashi Vishwanath temple and the current judicial proceedings began when a group of women sought permission for daily prayers in front of the idols on its outer walls.
Many petitions have been filed in the Supreme Court, Allahabad High Court and Varanasi Court regarding the Gyanvapi Masjid case. According to reports, apart from the original case in the High Court, 18 petitions related to the Gyanvapi controversy are being heard in various courts in Varanasi.
The petitions seek to address various aspects of the dispute, including the alleged construction of the mosque by Mughal emperor Aurangzeb and the right to worship inside the disputed site.
In October 1991, a petition was filed before the Varanasi Civil Judge on behalf of the self-styled Jyotirlinga Lord Vishveshwar and five others, demanding the restoration of Gyanvapiland to the nearby Kashi Vishwanath temple. The petition demanded removal of Muslims from the premises and demolition of the mosque.
The 1991 petitioners had said that during the reign of Aurangzeb in the 16th century, a part of the Kashi Vishwanath temple was demolished and the mosque was built on his orders.
However, in 1997, the Varanasi Civil Court held that the suit was not maintainable under the Places of Worship Act, 1991. Subsequently, both the temple and mosque parties filed several revision petitions before the district court.
In 1998, the District Judge merged all the petitions and ordered the civil court to hear the dispute afresh after considering all the evidence. But the High Court stayed the order of Varanasi District Court. This moratorium continued for 22 years and the High Court continued to extend it.
In 2020, the plaintiff approached the Varanasi Civil Court to reopen the case, which had been stayed since 1998. The plaintiff cited a 2018 Supreme Court order which said the stay order would have to be rectified every six months. Since this was not done in the case, the civil court agreed to reopen the case.
The Allahabad High Court stayed the proceedings of the Kashi Vishwanath Temple-Gyanvapi Masjid case in the Varanasi court in 2021.
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