PRAYAGRAJ: The Allahabad high court will continue to hear on Friday the civil revision petition filed by Anjuman Intezamia Masajid (AIM) — the Gyanvapi mosque management committee — by which it has challenged a Varanasi court order that turned down its objection to maintainability of the suit filed by five Hindu women, seeking permission to worship Shringar Gauri and other deities on the outer wall of Gyanvapi mosque.
The hearing was resumed on Thursday, but was adjourned after sometime. Justice JJ Munir directed to list this case on Friday (November 4) for the next hearing. District judge Varanasi had on September 12, 2022 dismissed the AIM plea filed under Order 7 Rule 11 of Civil Procedure Code (CPC), challenging the maintainability of the suit filed by the five Hindu plaintiffs.
While rejecting the AIM plea, district judge, Varanasi had observed that the suit of the plaintiffs (five Hindu women) is not barred by the Places of Worship (Special Provisions) Act, 1991, The Waqf Act 1995, and the UP Shri Kashi Vishwanath Temple Act, 1983 as was being claimed by the AIM.
The revision petition has been filed by AIM, challenging the September 12 order on the ground that the suit before the court below is barred under the Places of Worship Act, 1991, which provides that no suit can be filed seeking conversion of any religious place as existed on August 15, 1947.
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