The court was responding to a plea from the Gyanvapi mosque committee, which contested orders from the Allahabad High Court and Varanasi court permitting 'puja' in the 'Vyas Tehkhana' or the ...

Over the years, mosque-temple disputes have been strategically politicised, serving as rallying points for parties, and with ...

The western wall of the Gyanvapi mosque located in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, is the remaining part of a pre-existing Hindu temple, says the ground penetrating radar (GPR) survey report of the ...

A 2020 petition seeks to replace Mathura’s Shahi Idgah Mosque with a temple, claiming Aurangzeb destroyed the original shrine ...

Chandrachud also refused to overturn the order of a civil court in Varanasi to conduct the survey of the Gyanvapi mosque there. Those who watched senior Supreme Court lawyer Dushyant Dave crying ...

Varanasi's Gyanvapi Mosque is claimed to have built on the remains of the Kashi Vishwanath temple by some groups. Several petitions have been filed in this regards, and various courts have ordered ...

The Delhi High Court has refused to quash an FIR registered against a DU professor for his alleged objectionable social media post on the presence of a 'shiva linga' in Varanasi's Gyanvapi Mosque.

For example, a 2022 court order authorizing a video inspection of the Gyanvapi mosque in Varanasi unleashed a flood of copycat cases calling for inspections of various mosques. The litigants argue ...