Prayagraj. The Allahabad High Court dismissed the revision plea moved by the Anjuman Intazamia Mosque Committee challenging a Varanasi Court order (of September 12, 2022) dismissing its Order 7 Rule 11 CPC plea that was filed last year objecting to the maintainability of Hindu Worshippers’ suit filed in Varanasi Court seeking worshipping rights inside the Gyanvapi compound.
In essence, the High Court has rejected the mosque committee’s challenge to the 5 Hindu women worshippers’ suit pending before the Varanasi Court. Last year in December, the bench of Justice JJ Munir reserved its judgment after hearing counsels for both parties at length.
With this, the Court has upheld the September 12, 2022 order of the Varanasi Court holding the said suit to be maintainable.
It may be noted that the Masjid Committee had moved the High Court in October 2022, days after the Varanasi Court dismissed its plea (filed under Order 7 Rule 11 CPC) challenging the maintainability of a suit filed by five Hindu women (plaintiffs) seeking worshipping rights in the Gyanvapi compound.
In its order, the Varanasi District Judge Ajay Krishna Vishwesha had observed that the suit of the plaintiffs is not barred by the Places of Worship (Special Provisions) Act, 1991, The Waqf Act 1995, and the U.P. Shri Kashi Vishwanath Temple Act, 1983 as was being claimed by the Anjuman Masjid Committee.
HC verdict will pave the way for speedy judgement of Gyanvapi case
