Gyanvapi Committee’s appeal against Allahabad High Court’s ruling on the maintainability of temple repair cases will be heard by the Supreme Court
On Friday, the Supreme Court decided to consider the Gyanvapi management committee’s appeal against a decision from the Allahabad High Court that declared cases for the “restoration” of a temple in Varanasi, where the mosque is located, to be maintainable.
A bench made up of Justices JB Pardiwala and Manoj Misra, together with Chief Justice DY Chandrachud, said, “We will tag this with the main case.”
The body that oversees the operations of the Gyanvapi mosque, Anjuman Intezamia Masjid, submitted the application to the highest court.
The Allahabad High Court rejected arguments contesting the maintainability of a 1991 lawsuit calling for the “restoration” of a temple at the location of the Gyanvapi mosque on December 19 of last year.
According to the high court, only the court has the authority to determine the “religious character” of a contested location.
It had denied five such applications that the mosque committee and the Uttar Pradesh Sunni Central Waqf Board had submitted over the years, both against a survey of the mosque’s grounds and on maintainability.
