Gyanvapi Mosque Case

Gyanvapi mosque row: Court admits plea for carbon dating of 'Shivling', fixes 29 September as next date of hearing

The Hindu side had earlier claimed that the "Shivling" was found close to the "wazookhana" -- a small reservoir used by Muslims to perform ritual ablutions before offering namaz -- on the mosque premises

Kashi Vishwanath Temple vs Gyanvapi Mosque: Why Hindus have a stronger case

While a court should not be prejudiced by predicting its verdict, the historical as well as legal merits of the case appear to be favouring the Hindu side

The Famous Five: The Hindu women petitioners fighting to pray at the Gyanvapi mosque

Laxmi Devi, Sita Sahu, Manju Vyas and Rekha Pathak from Varanasi and Rakhi Singh residing in Delhi are at the heart of the Gyanvapi case. It is their collective love for ‘Goddess Maa Shringar Gauri’ that led them to file a petition in the court

News18 Exclusive: 'Major victory, court accepted all our arguments,' say Hindu side's lawyers in Gyanvapi case

The lawyers Vishnu Jain and Harishankar Jain told CNN-News18 that the court found that 'Places of Worship Act in 1991 was not applicable in the case'

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: 'Special temples were deliberately demolished,' says Subramanian Swamy as leaders react to Hindu side's win

'I think Muslim community should be cooperative like they were in Ram Janmabhoomi case. All that the Hindus have to show is, there was a temple which was demolished and a masjid was built on it,' the BJP leader added

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: Hindu side to seek for ASI survey, carbon dating of Shivling if judgment comes in their favour

Security was tightened and prohibitory orders (Section 144) have been imposed in Uttar Pradesh's Varanasi on Sunday a day ahead of the district court order

Gyanvapi case: Hearing of Hindu plaintiffs conclude, Muslim side to present argument on 25 July

The court-monitored videography survey of Gyanvapi mosque in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, was completed on 16 May and the report was presented in the court on 19 May