Gyanvapi Masjid Case News: 'Friday prayers at Gyanvapi mosque pass off peacefully'

Friday prayers at Gyanvapi mosque pass off peacefully: Police

The Muslim side said that the suit filed by us is not maintainable. They submitted an application under Order 7, Rule 11 CPC to reject it. As per them, this suit is barred from Places of Worship Act. SLP will be listed on the 2nd week of July: Adv Vishnu Jain

Supreme Court posts for July second week the hearing of the plea filed by Masjid Committee relating to Gyanvapi mosque in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh.

Gyanvapi mosque case: SC offers suggestions to maintain peace and calm

Matter to be listed after vacations. 'We hope everyone has a happy and healthy vacation,' says SC as the hearing ends.

Supreme Court says its interim order of May 17 for protection of the Shivling area and free access to Muslims to offer namaz will continue.

Unless adequate arrangements for observance of wuzu has been made by the district magistrate, we direct the district magistrate, in consultation with the parties, to make appropriate arrangements for the observance, the order stated.

SC bench of Justices Chandrachud, Kant and Narasimha said that the district judge, on the matter being transferred to him, would decide on priority mosque management committee's plea that suit is not maintainable because of bar under Protection of Places of Worship Act, 1991.

The application filed under Order 7 Rule 11 CPC shall be decided on priority by the district judge, the order stated.

Supreme Court says having regard to the sensitivity of this civil suit case, the case is transferred from civil judge senior division Varanasi to district judge, Varanasi.

Supreme Court orders transfer of Gyanvapi mosque case to District Judge, Varanasi. Supreme Court orders that senior and experienced judicial officer of UP Judicial services will hear the case.

"Here a structure of Zoroastrian faith will not make the Christian structure Zoroastrian or vice versa, but the ascertainment of religious character of a place may not necessarily fall foul of section 3 of the 1991 Act," Supreme Court says.

Supreme Court says ascertainment of religious character is not barred under Section 3 of the 1991 Places of Worship Act.

Senior advocate Huzefa Ahmadi for Masjid Committee tells Supreme Court that what was found inside was not a Shivling as per us, it is a fountain, Wazu khana is sealed and iron gates are placed with heavy police presence.

Supreme Court says once the commission's report is there, there cannot be selective leaks. Do not leak things to the press, only judge opens the report, says SC.

SC says these are complex social problems & no solution by human being can be perfect. Our order is to maintain a certain degree of peace and calm & our interim orders calms some frayed nerves with some healing touch. We're on a mission on preserving a sense of unification in country.

As debate is on SC suggestions continue, Justices D Y Chandrachud, S Kant and P Narasimha said there is a need to maintain calm on ground and not allow nerves to be frayed with selective leak of local commissioner's report. "Only trial court judge can open the report," it said.