HC backs Hindu women's right to pray in Gyanvapi

May 31, 2023 17:10

The Allahabad high court on Wednesday dismissed the Muslim side's plea challenging the maintainability of five Hindu women worshippers' suit filed in Varanasi court seeking the right to worship inside the Gyanvapi mosque in Varanasi, ANI reported.

"It is a historic verdict. The court clearly has said that Anjuman Intezamia Mosque Committee's petition is not maintainable and dismissed it," said Vishnu Shankar Jain, representing the Hindu side in the Gyanvapi mosque case, as per a tweet by ANI.

"We welcome the decision of the court to dismiss Order 7 Rule of the CPC plea filed by Anjuman Intazamia Mosque Committee which challenged the maintainability of the suit of five Hindu women worshippers seeking the right to worship inside the Gyanvapi mosque," Subhash Nandan Chaturvedi, another lawyer representing the Hindu side, in Varanasi, ANI tweeted.

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