Gyanvapi Archives

The Apex Court restrained lower courts from passing any orders in existing suits concerning such disputes, effectively putting a freeze on surveys pending further directions

No court to entertain, pass directions in cases of religious places...

Team PGurus - December 12, 2024 1

SC halts mosque survey Pleas, sets the stage for a showdown over Places of Worship Act In a significant development, the Supreme Court on Thursday...

The Hindu side’s plea said the area outside the sealed area, where the 'Shivling' was found, has already been surveyed

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SC notice to Gyanvapi mosque committee on plea for ASI survey...

Team PGurus - November 22, 2024 1

SC seeks Gyanvapi mosque committee response for survey in 'sealed area' The Supreme Court on Friday sought the response from the Gyanvapi mosque committee in...

SC asked both parties to maintain the status quo so that both parties could perform their prayers in their respective areas

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Supreme Court refuses to stay prayers in Gyanvapi’s ‘Vyas Ka Tehkhana’

PGurus Newsdesk - April 1, 2024 0

Hindu worship to continue at Gyanvapi premises, says Supreme Court On Monday, the Supreme Court refused to stop worship in 'Vyas Ka Tehkhana' of the...

The plea was filed by the Anjuman Intezamia Masjid Committee challenging a Jan 31 district court order, permitting the conduct of Hindu prayers in the southern cellar or basement (Tehkhana) of the Gyanvapi

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Gyanvapi case: Allahabad High Court dismisses plea challenging order permitting Hindu...

PGurus Newsdesk - February 26, 2024 0

Hindu prayers to continue at Gyanvapi, Allahabad HC rejects Masjid committee’s plea On Monday, the Allahabad High Court rejected the plea filed by the Muslim...

Jyotish Peeth Shankaracharya had not taken permission and could not be allowed to perform circumambulation of the complex

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Varanasi DM stops Jyotish Peeth Shankaracharya from marching to Gyanvapi Mosque

PGurus Newsdesk - January 30, 2024 1

Shankaracharya Swami Avimukteshwaranand Saraswati stopped from conducting 'Parikrama' of Gyanvapi area The Varanasi district administration stopped Jyotish Peeth Shankaracharya Swami Avimukteshwaranand Saraswati's bid to march...

The district magistrate of Varanasi has been directed to keep the disputed property safe under his custody and ensure that no change was made in it. Jan 25 has been fixed as the next date for hearing

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Court appoints DM Varanasi as receiver of Gyanvapi cellar

PGurus Newsdesk - January 18, 2024 0

Varanasi DM directed to keep the disputed property safe under his custody District Judge Ajay Krishna Vishvesha has appointed the District Magistrate of Varanasi as...

The ASI has been conducting a survey in the barricaded area of the Gyanvapi premises, excluding its sealed section, since August 4

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AIMC files plea against preservation of evidence in Gyanvapi survey

PGurus Newsdesk - September 12, 2023 0

A survey was ordered to determine whether a Hindu temple was built over the mosque The Anjuman Intezamia Masjid Committee (AIMC), which manages the mosque,...

DM says that the district administration cannot intervene as the matter is sub-judice, nor pass any instruction to the ASI

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AIMC writes to Varanasi DM; seeks to stop ASI survey of...

PGurus Newsdesk - September 7, 2023 0

AIMC claims that the survey conducted by the ASI in the Gyanvapi after Sept 2 was null and void The Anjuman Intezamia Masjid Committee (AIMC)...

The order came after the mosque committee approached the court seeking direction from it to stop fake reports of Hindu religious structures/ picture/ design allegedly being found during the ASI survey

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Varanasi court bars media bytes on Gyanvapi mosque ASI survey

Team PGurus - August 9, 2023 0

Gyanvapi mosque management committee files plea to ban media coverage of ASI survey The Varanasi district court on Wednesday banned all kinds of media bytes...