The petitioner, Professor Ratan Lal approached the court and sought the quashing of an FIR registered against him based on his social media post regarding the Gyanvapi Mosque. According to the ...

The Delhi High Court has refused to quash an FIR registered against a DU professor for his alleged objectionable social media post on the presence of a 'shiva linga' in Varanasi's Gyanvapi Mosque.

On August 4, 2023, the apex court dismissed a challenge filed by the management of the Anjuman Intezamia Masjid against a judicial decision permitting a survey of the Gyanvapi mosque and its environs.

Justice Rohit Ranjan Agarwal issued the order while hearing a civil revision filed by Rakhi Singh, one of the plaintiffs in the ongoing case before the Varanasi district court. The Allahabad High ...

Justice Rohit Ranjan Agarwal issued the order while hearing a civil revision filed by Rakhi Singh, one of the plaintiffs in the ongoing case before the Varanasi district court.

The Allahabad High Court today adjourned two pleas seeking similar reliefs to direct the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) to undertake further surveys at Gyanvapi Mosque premises in view of ...

The dispute over the Gyanvapi Masjid spans several decades. Hindu groups claim that the mosque was built atop the remnants of the Kashi Vishwanath Temple, which Mughal emperor Aurangzeb allegedly ...

Last year, a Varanasi court allowed a "scientific" survey of the Gyanvapi Mosque, excluding the wazukhana, despite the Act's clear intent. When the matter reached the Supreme Court, the bench led ...

Moreover, religious tensions have been running high over the Gyanvapi mosque in Varanasi. Even the revered dargah of Khawaja Moinuddin Chishty in Ajmer has not been spared, with a Rajasthan court ...

In November, a judge allowed the survey of the Shahi Jama Masjid in UP`s Sambhal, which caused deadly communal clashes in the area. Moreover, religious tensions have been running high over the ...

One result has been a rash of suits filed alleging that Mosques have been built atop a Hindu Mandir. There is the Gyanvapi Mosque in Varanasi, the Jamia Masjid Delhi, among others. Then there are ...

The madness was initially confined to Ayodhya’s Babri Masjid. Then we were told that Ayodhya was just the beginning, and soon, the focus shifted to Kashi’s Gyanvapi mosque and Mathura’s Shahi Eidgah.