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This picture is of the alleged Shivling found in Gyanvapi.
The Varanasi court has decided to hear seven cases related to the Gyanvapi dispute together. District Judge Dr. Ajay Krishna Vishwesh has given this order on 22 May. The Hindu side had filed a petition to hear 7 cases together. The next hearing in the case will be on July 7.
Lawyer said – seven cases are of the same nature
Hindu side’s lawyer Subhash Chaturvedi said, the decision has come in our favor, the nature of all the cases is the same. Rakhi Singh had not given application in Case No. 693/21, so it will be heard as leading case. All cases will be heard under this case.
The mosque committee had expressed objection
In the case, advocate Shivam Gaur, on behalf of the female plaintiff, advocate Ramesh Upadhyay, on behalf of Shankaracharya Swami Avimukteshwaranand, Raees Ahmed, on behalf of the Anjuman Arrangement Masjid Committee, argued that the hearing should not be held together. At the same time, Subhash Nandan Chaturvedi and Sudhir Tripathi, counsel for the four women litigants, had said that all the seven cases are of a similar nature. Keeping in view the saving of time and the convenience of the court, it is justified to hear all the 7 cases together.
The petition was filed in December last year
The women litigants (Rekha, Sita, Manju, Lakshmi) of Shringar Gauri case related to Gyanvapi had filed an application in the district judge’s court in December last year, demanding the hearing of 7 cases together in one court. In this, 6 Civil Judge Senior and one case of Kiran Singh Visen 712/2022 Bhagwan Adi Vishweshwar Case was going on in the Fast Track Court. On this case, the District Judge’s court had passed an order on April 17 that the files of all the 7 cases should be kept in his court.
This photo is the alleged Shivling. This figure was found during the survey on 16 May 2022.
After this, on 17th April, for the first time after the order of the court, all the 7 petitions from 6 civil courts and one fast track court were put together before the district judge. The court gave a new date of May 12 for the hearing. After the hearing could not be held on 12, the dates of May 16, May 19 and then May 22 were given.
These women had given an application for hearing the case together.
Carbon dating is also banned
The Supreme Court has put a stay on the order for scientific survey and carbon dating of the alleged Shivling found in the Gyanvapi mosque. Staying the decision of the Allahabad High Court, the court said – there is a need to be careful in this matter. The order of the High Court has to be examined closely.
The Muslim side had filed a petition in the Supreme Court against the decision of the High Court. The petition was filed by advocate Huzefa Ahmadi on behalf of the Gyanvapi Masjid Management Committee. A bench of Chief Justice DY Chandrachud, Justice PS Narasimha and KV Vishwanathan heard it. The Hindu side has already filed a caveat in the Supreme Court.
All the cases are related to the demand of Raga-Bhog, Pooja-Darshan
Shankaracharya Swami Avimukteshwaranand’s petition is also included in the 7 cases which were heard for clubbing. In this, he described the alleged Shivling found in Vujukhana as the oldest Shivling of Adi Vishweshwar. Whose raag-bhog, worship-darshan has been demanded.
5 big claims of the Hindu side
- The case has been filed only for the darshan-worship of Maa Shringar Gauri. Darshan-worship is a civil right and it should not be stopped.
- Maa Shringar Gauri’s temple is behind the disputed Gyanvapi complex. A mosque has been built there by making illegal constructions.
- The Waqf Board will not decide where the worship of Mahadev will take place. From the day of the country’s independence till the year 1993, Maa Shringar Gauri was regularly worshipped.
- In Srikashi Vishwanath Temple Act, Araji number-9130 has been considered as the place of the deity. In the Code of Civil Procedure, the property is owned by Khasra or Chauhaddi.
- The Hindu side claims that the alleged Shivling has been found in the Wujukhana of the Gyanvapi mosque. At the same time, the Muslim side claims that it is not a Shivling but an old fountain.
Avimukteshwaranand says that the figure found at the Vujukhana place inside Gyanvapi is the oldest Shivling of Adi Vishweshwar.
Adi Vishweshwar’s oldest Shivling was told at the place of Vujukhana
Avimukteshwaranand says that the figure found at the Vujukhana place inside Gyanvapi is the oldest Shivling of Adi Vishweshwar. Therefore, their regular worship-bathing, adornment and raga-bhog is necessary. Worshiping the Lord is the ultimate duty of the Sanatan Dharma.
Swami Avimukteshwaranand and Ram Sajivan filed the petition in the court through senior advocates Arun Kumar Tripathi, Ramesh Upadhyay, Chandrashekhar Seth.
Swami Avimukteshwaranand had announced the worship of Shivling on June 4, 2022 by visiting the Gyanvapi campus. However, that morning the police and administration stopped them from going to Gyanvapi. Angered by this, he sat on a fast at Srividya Math. During that time he had taken a vow that he would not take food and water until the worship of Shivling started.
Avimukteshwarananda said that in law a deity’s condition is similar to that of a living child. To whom not giving food-water etc. is a violation of the fundamental right to personal liberty under Article-21 of the Constitution.
Gods are like a living child: Shankaracharya
Swami Avimukteshwaranand and Ram Sajivan filed the petition in the court through senior advocates Arun Kumar Tripathi, Ramesh Upadhyay, Chandrashekhar Seth. Avimukteshwarananda said that in law a deity’s condition is similar to that of a living child. To whom not giving food-water etc. is a violation of the fundamental right to personal liberty under Article-21 of the Constitution.
Many cases related to Gyanvapi are pending, out of these four main cases are as follows…
