Supreme Court Transfers Gyanvapi Case To The District Court

New Delhi, May 20 (TNA) During the hearing of the Gyanvapi mosque, the Supreme Court ordered that the Gyanvapi Masjid case will be heard by an experienced district judge in Varanasi. At the same time, the counsel for the Masjid Committee said that the constitution of the committee by the trial court is against the Worship Act of 1991 and against the Constitution.

The Supreme Court gave this decision during the hearing of the petition of Anjuman Intejamia Masjid Committee against the order of the Varanasi District Court. At the same time, the Supreme Court ordered that its interim order of May 17 to protect the Shivling and allow prayers will remain intact. The petition of the Masjid Committee will be heard in the district court on priority basis.