Gyanvapi Masjid

Varanasi court rejects Muslim side's petition: A look back at Gyanvapi mosque's disputed past since 1936

Five Hindu women had filed a case seeking permission to worship and perform rituals inside the premises of Varanasi’s Gyanvapi mosque. The ownership of the premises has long been disputed — dating back to 1936

Gyanvapi Mosque case: Who is AK Vishvesh, the Varanasi district judge, who ruled in favour of the Hindu side?

District judge Ajay Krishna Vishvesh said the petition by the women — that led to a survey inside the Gyanvapi mosque — will continue to be heard by the court and fixed 22 September as the next date of hearing in the case

Gyanvapi case: Police conducts flag march in Lucknow ahead of judgment

Ahead of the hearing, prohibitory orders have been clamped and security tightened in Varanasi.

Gyanvapi mosque case: Next hearing on July 21

Lawyer Man Bahadur Singh represented litigant Rakhi Singh in the court and claimed that the Muslim side is misleading and confusing the court on the Places of Worship Act and the Waqf Act

Gyanvapi mosque case: Muslim side completes arguments on maintainability of case

A lower court had ordered a videography survey of the complex. The survey work was completed on May 16 and the report was presented in the court on May 19

Fresh plea in SC challenging validity of sections of Places of Worship (Special Provisions) Act, 1991

The PIL filed by former MP, Chintamani Malviya states, ‘It excludes the birthplace of Lord Rama but includes the birthplace of Lord Krishna, though both are the incarnation of Lord Vishnu, the creator and equally worshipped all over the world’

Gyanvapi mosque case: Varanasi court adjourns hearing on Muslim side's plea till 30 May

The petition by the Anjuman Intezamia Masjid Committee that manages the Gyanvapi Mosque is seeking the rejection of a plea by five Hindu women who have demanded access to the mosque complex

Gyanvapi mosque row: Varanasi court to hear Muslim side's plea first on 26 May

The court also gave a week's time to both Hindu and Muslim sides to file objections to the report of a court-mandated videography survey of the Gyanvapi mosque premises

Ascertainment of religious character of place of worship not barred under Places of Worship Act: SC on Gyanvapi mosque

The act states that the nature of all places of worship, except Ram Janmabhoomi–Babri Masjid in Ayodhya, shall be maintained as it was on 15 August, 1947, when India became independent

Gyanvapi Mosque row: Supreme Court transfers case to Varanasi district judge

The apex court also said that 'selective leaks' of the survey report to the press must stop