Gyanvapi row: Allahabad HC junks Muslim side’s pleas, permits suit seeking temple restoration

Prayagraj, 19/12: Holding that the Kashi Vishwanath-Gyanvapi land title case is of “national importance”, the Allahabad High Court on Tuesday dismissed all pleas challenging the maintainability of a 1991 civil suit pending before a Varanasi court seeking restoration of a temple at the site where the mosque exists.

Justice Rohit Ranjan Agarwal held that the suit filed before the district court is maintainable and not barred by the Places of Religious Worship Act, 1991. The court further directed the lower court to decide the suit pending before