New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday refused to stop the Hindu side from offering prayers in the southern cellar of Varanasi’s Gyanvapi mosque, known as ‘Vyasji Ka Tehkhana’, but ordered status quo on any other religious observances in the mosque premises.
A bench of Chief Justice of India D Y Chandrachud and Justices J B Pardiwala and Manoj Misra issued notice on a plea by the mosque committee challenging the Allahabad High Court order dismissing its appeal against the trial court order allowing the worship.
The court noted that the mosque has an entrance at the north side for worshippers to enter and offer ‘namaz’ while the cellar has a separate entrance on the south side.