Gyanvapi-Shringar Gauri issue: HC dismisses mosque committee’s plea against maintainability of suit filed by five Hindu women

Prayagraj: The Allahabad High Court Wednesday rejected a plea challenging the maintainability of a suit filed by five Hindu women seeking permission for regular worship of Shringar Gauri and other deities in Varanasi’s Gyanvapi mosque compound.

Justice J J Munir dismissed the mosque management committee’s revision petition.

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The committee had filed the petition in the high court against the order of the district judge of Varanasi in September last year that turned down its objections on the maintainability of the suit filed by the five Hindu women.

The suit filed in August 2021 sought permission for daily worship at Maa Shringar Gauri Sthal in the Gyanvapi complex.

PTI