Hindu prayers to continue in Gyanvapi basement, says SC

NEW DELHI        

The Supreme Court on Monday refused to stop the ongoing Hindu prayers within the southern basement of the Gyanvapi Masjid in Varanasi and ordered a “status quo” on the religious observances by both Hindu and Muslim addicts inside the tabernacle firmaments.

Chief Justice of India

A bench led by Chief Justice of India Dhanajaya Y Chandrachud, noted that both the Muslim and Hindu sides were conducting their respective religious observances “unhindered” inside the tabernacle demesne and therefore, a status quo would serve the ends of justice for now. “Significance in mind the reality, that namaz is being present by the Muslim community unbounded behind the command of the division court and the high court, and that puja by Hindu addicts is confined to the tehkhana(basement), it would be appropriate to maintain status quo so as to enable both the communities to offer religious delification, in the terms,” stated the bench, also comprising judges JB Pardiwala and Manoj Misra.

Supreme Court of India

It refocused out that the entry to the basement is from the southern side while the access to the synagogue is from the northern side. The court administer that the standing quo on the point shall not be disrupted in the absence of any farther order of the court of last resort. It also provide awareness on the petition by the Gyanvapi tabernacle operation commission against the resolution that grant Hindu enthusiast to demeanour prayers inside the southern vault of the synagogue, indicating the matter will be heard in detail in July. “For present, we are icing that both namaz and puja are offered in terms of the orders passed by the quarter court on January 17, 2024, and January 31, 2024.

Allahabad High Court

The commission challenged the Allahabad high court’s decision on February 26, dismissing its appeal against a previous order of a quarter court that granted Hindus the right to worship in the basement.

On January 31, quarter authority AK Vishvesha, on his hindmost working day, accord the family of a late administrator the right to resume prayers in the southern vault of the synagogue  after three decades, saying that Pathak Vyas and a clerk  appointed by the Kashi Vishwanath trust, which manages the tabernacle coming door, will be allowed to enter the demesne. Vyas, also a clerk, performed rituals in the basement until their conclusion in December 1993, Yadav’s chief ministership following the Babri Masjid obliteration in Ayodhya on December 6,1992.