U.P. COURT DEFERS GYANVAPI CASE HEARING TO JAN 5

A Varanasi court will hear on January 5 the plea by the Vishwa Vedic Sanatan Sangh (VVSS) seeking a ban on the entry of Muslims in the Gyanvapi complex and permission to worship the structure found on the premises on May 16, one of the outfit’s counsels said on Friday.

The Hindu side claims that the structure is a ‘shivling’, the Muslims say it’s part of a fountain. The fast track court of civil judge (senior division) fixed the hearing date on Friday, VVSS counsel Man Bahadur Singh.

On November 17, the fasttrack court had rejected the Gyanvapi Masjid committee’s objection to a petition seeking right to worship the structure and fixed December 2 for hearing the case.