PRAYAGRAJ (UP), Feb 26: The Allahabad High Court on Monday dismissed the Gyanvapi mosque management committee\u2019s appeals challenging the Varanasi district judge\u2019s January 17 order that appointed the district magistrate as the receiver of the \u201cVyas Tehkhana\u201d or southern cellar of the mosque and January 31 order by which he allowed \u201cpuja\u201d to be performed there.
The high court said worship in the \u201cVyas Tehkhana\u201d will continue.
Dismissing both the appeals, Justice Rohit Ranjan Agarwal said, \u201cAfter going through the entire records of the case and considering the arguments of the parties concerned, the court did not find any ground to interfere in the judgment passed by the district judge on January 17, appointing the Varanasi district magistrate as the receiver of the property, as well as the order dated January 31 by which the district court permitted puja in the tehkhana.\u201d
Justice Agarwal had reserved his verdict in the matter on February 15 after hearing the counsel for the parties.
The appeals before the high court were filed by the Anjuman Intezamia Mosque Committee that manages the affairs of the Gyanvapi mosque in Varanasi. (Agencies)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
PRAYAGRAJ (UP), Feb 26: The Allahabad High Court on Monday dismissed the Gyanvapi mosque management committee\u2019s appeals challenging the Varanasi district judge\u2019s January 17 order that appointed the district magistrate as the receiver of the \u201cVyas Tehkhana\u201d or southern cellar of the mosque and January 31 order by which he allowed \u201cpuja\u201d to be performed […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":659,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-658","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-national"},"yoast_head":"\n