The Supreme Court on Thursday adjourned the hearing in the Gyanvapi Masjid case till Friday, May 20. The court asked the civil court Varanasi not to proceed with the proceedings in the Gyanvapi case. The matter will now be heard in the Supreme Court at 3 pm on Friday. Earlier, advocate Vishnu Shankar Jain, appearing for the Hindu side, told a bench of Justices DY Chandrachud, Surya Kant and PS Narasimha that senior advocate Hari Shankar Jain is not keeping well and has decided to hear the Gyanvapi mosque issue on Friday. the requested.
Earlier, the court directed sealing of the place in the Gyanvapi Masjid premises, where the court commissioner had informed about the presence of a Shivling inside the premises during the survey. Senior advocate Huzefa Ahmadi, appearing for the management committee of Anjuman Intejamiya Masjid, said several applications have been filed across the country for “sealing” of various mosques and the hearing in the Gyanvapi case is going on in Varanasi. He said an application has been filed for “demolition” of a pond built around the ‘Vazukhana’ in the Gyanvapi Masjid.
Ahmadi said he could not oppose the adjournment of the hearing on grounds of health of a lawyer but an affidavit should be given that Hindu devotees would not proceed with the proceedings in the civil court. Advocate Vishnu said that they are assuring the bench that the Hindu parties will not proceed with the hearing before the civil court in Varanasi.
On the other hand, when Vishnu Gupta, the party of Hindu Sena in the Gyanvapi case, reached the Supreme Court on Thursday, his saffron jacket was taken out by the security personnel. He was told that wearing saffron jacket is not allowed in the court.
Figures of deities are claimed to be visible in the premises:
Court commissioner Ajay Mishra removed from the survey in Gyanvapi case: In the report presented in the court, he said, ‘Remains of deities and temples in the mosque, fragmented deity, temple debris, Hindu deities and lotus figures, shilapatt etc. Appearance is mentioned.
The apex court had on May 17 directed the district magistrate of Varanasi to secure the area inside the Gyanvapi-Sringar Gauri complex where a ‘Shivling’ has been claimed to have been found during a survey. Along with this, it was also instructed to allow Muslims to offer ‘Namaz’.