Supreme Court on Monday refused to stop Hindu prayers in the southern cellar of the Gyanvapi mosque in Uttar Pradesh바카라s Varanasi. The Apex Court refused to stay the Allahabad High Court order which had upheld the Varanasi district court's order allowing Hindus to perform prayers of deities inside the 바카라Vyas Tehkhana바카라, southern celler of Gyanvapi mosque.
However, the Top Court ordered status quo on the religious observances by the Hindus inside the mosque premises.
바카라Bearing in mind the fact that the 바카라namaz바카라 is offered in Gyanvapi mosque by Muslim community unhindered after the orders dated January 17 and January 31 (allowing puja inside Tehkhana) and the offering of 바카라puja바카라 by Hindu priest is confined to the area of 바카라Tehkhana바카라, it is appropriate to maintain status-quo so as to enable both the communities to offer worships in the above terms,바카라 ANI quoted the bench as saying.
A bench headed by Chief Justice of India (CJI) D Y Chandrachud also sought response of priest Shailendra Kumar Pathak Vyas by April 30 on the plea of the mosque committee, PTI reported.
The bench, which also comprised Justices J B Pardiwala and Manoj Misra, was hearing the plea of the mosque committee which manages the affairs of the Gyanvapi mosque in Varanasi.
Earlier, the high court, on February 26, had dismissed the committee's plea in which it had challenged the district court's January 31 order allowing Hindus to offer prayers in the cellar.
While dismissing the plea of the mosque committee, the high court had observed that the Uttar Pradesh government's 1993 decision of stopping worship rituals inside the "Vyas Tehkhana" 바카라located at the southern cellar of the Gyanvapi -- was "illegal".
Meanwhile, the Apex Court has fixed the plea of Gyanvapi mosque committee against nod for Hindu 바카라puja바카라 in southern cellar of the mosque for final disposal in July.
