But the Varanasi court ruled that the Gyanvapi Mosque lawsuit was maintainable because the petitioners were demanding only that they be allowed to pray inside the mosque.

Recently, an Indian court ruled that Hindus can worship inside a Gyanvapi mosque located in Uttar Pardesh has not only increased religious tensions in the country but it will further add the miseries ...

the Allahabad High Court on Monday adjourned till April 15 the hearing of the two petitions requesting the court to direct the ASI to undertake further survey of Gyanvapi premises of Varanasi.

Monday resumed the survey of the Gyanvapi on the fourth consecutive day with a delay of three hours owing to the rush of devotees at the Kashi Vishwanath temple, which is adjacent to the mosque ...

During the 1970s, amid concerns about potential interference in Muslim Personal Law within the Indian judicial system, Islamic scholars and leaders felt the need for an organisation to protect the ...

Varanasi's Gyanvapi Mosque is claimed to have built on the remains of the Kashi Vishwanath temple by some groups. Several petitions have been filed in this regards, and various courts have ordered ...

LUCKNOW: The Allahabad High Court on Wednesday adjourned two petitions seeking directions to the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) to undertake further surveys at the Gyanvapi mosque premises.

Various Muslim parties, including the Gyanvapi mosque management committee, moved the apex court to oppose several pending petitions that challenge the constitutional validity of the 1991 law.

The Ambassador said this is not an isolated incident, as other mosques, including the Gyanvapi Mosque in Varanasi and the Shahi Eidgah Mosque in Mathura, face similar threats of desecration and ...