This is the first temple-mosque case being heard in the Supreme Court since the Ayodhya verdict in 2019.
New Delhi:
Both the judges of the Supreme Court hearing the petition of Gyanvapi Masjid are associated with the Babri Masjid case.
A two-judge bench of Justices DY Chandrachud and PS Narasimha is hearing a petition challenging the filming inside the Gyanvapi mosque in Varanasi, which claimed that parts of the temple are inside the mosque premises.
Five Hindu women have asked a local court to allow daily prayers in front of idols on its outer walls as well as other “deities visible and invisible within the old temple complex”.
The Supreme Court is hearing a challenge challenging the Varanasi Court-ordered video evaluation of the mosque complex, including three domes, underground basement and pond.
Interestingly, this is the first temple-mosque case being heard in the Supreme Court since the Ayodhya verdict in 2019 and both the judges are concerned with the Ram temple case.
Justice DY Chandrachud was one of the five judges who in 2019 heard the Ayodhya temple-mosque case for 40 days before handing over the Babri site for the construction of the Ram temple and ordering an alternate five acres of land for the mosque. Told.
Justice PS Narasimha was the senior counsel for the Hindu petitioners in the Ayodhya case. He represented Rajendra Singh, the successor of the original petitioner Gopal Singh Visharad.
Gopal Singh Visharad had petitioned in 1950 that he should be allowed to worship Lord Ram at his birthplace without any interruption. He had also demanded a ban on the removal of Ram idols from the area.
PS Narasimha, who fought the case on behalf of the petitioners, was appointed a judge of the Supreme Court on 31 August 2021.
Both the judges, Justice Chandrachud and Justice Narasimha, are in line to become the Chief Justice.
Justice Chandrachud will become the Chief Justice later this year for a two-year term, and Justice Narasimha is due for the top post in 2027.