SC to hear Masjid committee’s plea against Hindu prayers at Gyanvapi [Video]

The Supreme Court is slated to hear, on Monday, a plea filed by the Anjuman Intezamia Masjid Committee against the decision of the Allahabad High Court upholding a Varanasi court’s order allowing Hindu parties to perform puja in the southern cellar of the Gyanvapi Mosque.

As per the causelist published on the website of the apex court, a bench headed by CJI D.Y. Chandrachud will hear the special leave petition filed by Anjuman Intezamia Masjid Committee, which manages Gyanvapi mosque, on April 1.

The Allahabad High Court on February 26 rejected the plea filed by the Muslim side against the district court order permitting the conduct of Hindu prayers in the southern cellar or basement of the Gyanvapi Mosque.

A bench of Justice Rohit Ranjan Agarwal of the Allahabad High Court gave the decision amid an ongoing civil court case involving conflicting claims over the religious character of the Gyanvapi …