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Allahabad HC dismisses mosque committee’s plea against maintainability of plea for regular worship of Shringar Gauri on Gyanvapi premises

May 31, 2023

Varanasi: The Gyanvapi Mosque after its survey by a commission, in Varanasi, Tuesday, Tuesday, May 17, 2022. The Supreme Court asked the Varanasi DM to protect the area where the Shivling was found without impeding the right of Muslims to enter and worship on Tuesday. (PTI Photo)(PTI05_17_2022_000242A)

Videographic survey of Gyanvapi Masjid — Varanasi: The Gyanvapi Mosque after its survey by a commission, in Varanasi, Tuesday, Tuesday, May 17, 2022. The Supreme Court asked the Varanasi DM to protect the area where the Shivling was found without impeding the right of Muslims to enter and worship on Tuesday. (PTI Photo)(PTI05_17_2022_000242A)

Prayagraj, May 31

The Allahabad High Court on Wednesday rejected a plea challenging the maintainability of a suit filed by five Hindu women seeking permission for regular worship of Shringar Gauri and other deities in Varanasi’s Gyanvapi mosque compound.

Justice J J Munir dismissed the mosque management committee’s revision petition.

The committee had filed the petition in the high court against the order of the district judge of Varanasi in September last year that turned down its objections on the maintainability of the suit filed by the five Hindu women.

The suit filed in August 2021 sought permission for daily worship at Maa Shringar Gauri Sthal in the Gyanvapi complex.