Court order in Kashi Vishwanath-Gyanvapi Masjid case: Commissioner will go on April 19 to take stock of the premises, force will be deployed to ensure that there is no ruckus

The petitioner had sought an order from the court for inspection and videography of the premises.

The Varanasi District Court has appointed a commissioner regarding the Shrikashi Vishwanath-Gyanvapi Masjid case. Appointed Commissioner Advocate Ajay Kumar will visit the temple-mosque complex on April 19. It will be videographed. During this, orders have also been given to deploy security forces. Case is going on in Varanasi court regarding Kashi Vishwanath Temple-Gyanvapi Masjid dispute. After hearing the arguments of both the sides, the court has taken this decision, so that no untoward incident takes place.

petition filed in 2020
On September 2020, a petition was filed in the court seeking handing over of the Kashi Vishwanath-Gyanvapi mosque complex to Hindus. The Varanasi District Court, while hearing the petition on Friday, pronounced the order. In this, the petitioner had sought an order from the court for inspection and videography of the premises.

Case reached the court In the Kashi Vishwanath-Gyanvapi case, a case was filed in the Varanasi court in 1991.

Hindu side claims – Jyotirlinga is below
Regarding the Gyanvapi mosque, the Hindu side claims that there is a Jyotirlinga under this disputed structure. Not only this, there are also pictures of deities on the walls of the structure. It is claimed that the Kashi Vishwanath temple was destroyed by Aurangzeb in 1664. Then the mosque was built from its remains, which is known as Gyanvapi Masjid, on a part of the temple land.

The case was filed in the Varanasi court in 1991.
The counter-claims filed by the respondent side (Gyanvapi Masjid) Anjuman Inazaniya Masajid Committee and Sunni Central Waqf Board claimed that there was never a Vishwanath temple here and Aurangzeb Emperor never broke it.

A mosque was built from the remains, known as the Enlightenment Mosque, on a part of the temple land.

Whereas the mosque has stood since eternity. He also admitted in his complaint letter that this structure has been in operation since at least 1669. Case reached the court In the Kashi Vishwanath-Gyanvapi case, a case was filed in the Varanasi court in 1991.

Through this petition, permission was sought for worship in Gyanvapi. But, a few days later, the Masjid Committee challenged it in the High Court citing the Places of Worship Act, 1991. Somnath Vyas, Ramrang Sharma and Harihar Pandey are involved as plaintiffs on behalf of the petitioner ancient idol self-styled god Vishweshwar. In 1993, the Allahabad High Court ordered to maintain the status quo on the spot by imposing a stay.

However, there was a hearing in the Supreme Court on the validity of the stay order and after the verdict, the hearing of the matter started again in the Varanasi court in 2019. At present, many cases are pending in many courts regarding this dispute. on which the hearing is going on.