Indian court upholds validity of case of Hindu women's plea to worship in mosque

Record ID: 1688951

  • Title: Indian court upholds validity of case of Hindu women's plea to worship in mosque
  • Date: 12th September 2022
  • Summary: VARANASI, UTTAR PRADESH, INDIA (SEPTEMBER 12, 2022) (ANI - No use India) MEDIAPERSONS WAITING OUTSIDE DISTRICT COURT PEOPLE WALKING INSIDE COURT PREMISES POLICE PERSONNEL WALKING INSIDE COURT PREMISES (SOUNDBITE) (Hindi) PLAINTIFF'S ATTORNEY, VISHNU SHANKAR JAIN, SAYING: "Today, the court has accepted all our agreements and rejected the Muslim side's petition. The plea which came under the Places of Worship Act has been discarded. The court has said the suit is maintainable. The next hearing of the case will be on September 22 and evidence will be presented then." PEOPLE WALKING OUTSIDE DISTRICT COURT (SOUNDBITE) (Hindi) PLAINTIFF, LAXMI DEVI, SAYING: "We are very happy. The strategies that lie ahead will be planned by our lawyers. The entire team will come together to make the strategies." VARIOUS OF PLAINTIFFS RECEIVING SWEETS FROM TEMPLE AFTER OFFERING PRAYERS (SOUNDBITE) (Hindi and Urdu) DEFENDANT'S ATTORNEY, MOHAMMED SAMEEM, SAYING: "The mosque management committee had appealed that the registered plea is not maintainable. (REPORTER ASKING: What are you planning to do now?) The appeal from the management committee that was turned down will be taken to the High Court." DEVOTEES COMING OUT OF TEMPLE ARMED SECURITY PERSONNEL ROAMING OUTSIDE TEMPLE PREMISES MOSQUE DOME AND SHRINE SEEN THROUGH STRUCTURES OF TEMPLE POLICE PERSONNEL ON GUARD OUTSIDE TEMPLE PREMISES ARMED SECURITY PERSONNEL WALKING TOWARDS TEMPLE
  • Embargoed: 26th September 2022 16:38
  • Keywords: Hindu India Muslim Varanasi advocates deities idol worship law and order mosque police prayer religion survey women
  • Location: VARANASI, UTTAR PRADESH, INDIA
  • City: VARANASI, UTTAR PRADESH, INDIA
  • Country: India
  • Topics: Asia / Pacific,Crime/Law/Justice,Judicial Process/Court Cases/Court Decisions
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  • Story Text: A district court in India's northern Uttar Pradesh state held a plea by five Hindu women for access to the mosque with an aim to worship the Hindu idol images on the mosque's exterior wall, as maintainable on Monday (September 12).
    The plea was filed last month and the petitioners moved the court to restrict the mosque authorities from getting rid of the images.
    "We are very happy. The strategies that lie ahead will be planned by our lawyers," said one of the plaintiffs, Laxmi Devi.
    The defendant's lawyer, Mohammed Sameem said the mosque is willing to move the High Court.
    The next hearing on the case is scheduled on September 22.
    In May this year, the Gyanvapi Mosque underwent a videographic survey.
    The religious debate over the Gyanvapi Mosque dates back to 1991. Hindu devotees moved the court claiming that the mosque stood on what was earlier the grounds for a Hindu temple of the deity Swayambhu Lord Vishweshwar. According to the plaintiffs, the temple was demolished by the Mughal emperor Aurangazeb in 1669.
    The rule of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party has emboldened hardline religious groups in recent years to take up causes that they say to defend the Hindu faith, although his party has denied any rise in communal tensions during Modi's reign.
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