NEW DELHI, May 25: A Varanasi district court on Wednesday transferred to a fast-track court a petition seeking permission to worship the “Shivling” claimed to have been found in the Gyanvapi mosque complex during a recent videography survey. The fast-track court would begin the hearing on May 30, government counsel Rana Sanjeev Singh said.
The plea was filed on behalf of the Vishwa Vedic Sanatan Sangh by Kiran Singh, wife of Sangh president Jitendra Singh Bisen and its general secretary, on Tuesday seeking a ban on the entry of Muslims into the complex, handing over the complex to the Sangh and permission to offer prayers at the “Shivling”.
On a request by the plaintiffs, the court had agreed to hear the third aspect — permission to offer prayers at the Shivling — on May 25. The judge had on Tuesday fixed Thursday for hearing on the maintainability of the Gyanvapi-Shringar Gauri complex case as per the directions of the Supreme Court.
(Manas Dasgupta)