HC DEFERS PLEA BY MOSQUE PANEL IN GYANVAPI CASE

The Allahabad high court on Wednesday adjourned the hearing on the Gyanvapi mosque management’s petition challenging a Varanasi court order on the maintainability of a plea seeking permission to offer regular prayers to idols of deities in the mosque compound.

A request for adjournment was made by the counsel of the Anjuman Intezamia Masjid Committee (AIMC) — the Gyanvapi mosque management committee. Subsequently, the court fixed November 29 as the next date of hearing.

On September 12, the Varanasi district judge dismissed AIMC’S plea challenging the maintainability of the suit filed by five Hindu women who sought permission to worship Shringar Gauri deity at the mosque.