Kashi Vishwanath-Gyanvapi Masjid issue: HC dismisses plea challenging civil court order
India Today
The Allahabad High Court dismissed the plea challenging a Varanasi court’s order to appoint an advocate as a court commissioner to inspect the Kashi Vishwanath Mandir-Gyanvapi Masjid complex.
The Allahabad High Court on Thursday dismissed the Anjuman Intezamia Masjid’s plea challenging a Varanasi court’s order to appoint an advocate as a court commissioner to inspect the Kashi Vishwanath Mandir-Gyanvapi Masjid complex.
It also dismissed the Anjuman Intezamia Masjid’s plea against the civil court’s another order by which it restrained interference in the worship of deities at the Visheswar Nath Mahadev Mandir in Varanasi.
Justice JJ Munir dismissed the plea after hearing the counsel for petitioner S F A Naqvi, chief standing counsel Bipin Bihari Pandey and Additional Advocate General of Uttar Pradesh MC Chaturvedi.
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The High Court observed, “The commissioner does not, in any way, impinge upon the rights of the defendant-petitioner.” “If anything is said in the report of the learned advocate commissioner that the defendant-petitioner or any other defendant to the suit feels is contrary to the spot position, he can always object to the Commissioner’s report, which would then be a subject matter for decision by the Court on the basis of evidence on record,” it said.
The civil court in Varanasi had, by an order, appointed Ajay Kumar Mishra, an advocate, as court commissioner to inspect the spot, videograph it and submit its report to the court.
In another order, it had also directed restrained interference in the worship of deities at the Visheswar Nath Mahadev Mandir.
