Gyanvapi Dispute
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Gyanvapi case: Carbon dating of ‘shivling’ cannot be conducted, ASI tells High Court
On prima facie observations, the Archaeological Survey of India said that the method to determine the object’s age cannot be used as it does not have fossils.
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Challenge to suit seeking possession of Gyanvapi mosque dismissed by Varanasi court
The suit is different from the one filed by five Hindu women seeking the right to pray inside the mosque.
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Gyanvapi case: SC extends interim order to protect spot where purported shivling was found
The court had passed the order on May 17, adding that Muslims should not be restricted from offering prayers at the mosque.
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Supreme Court to hear Gyanvapi mosque case tomorrow
The hearing will come a day before the court’s order, to seal the spot where Hindu litigants claimed to have found a ‘shivling’, will cease to be effective.
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Gyanvapi case: Verdict on plea seeking permission to worship ‘shivling’ deferred till November 14
A Varanasi court had reserved its judgement on October 27.
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Gyanvapi case: Allahabad HC asks ASI if it is possible to scientifically investigate ‘shivling’
On October 14, the Varanasi court had said that any kind of survey within the mosque premises will be a violation of the Supreme Court order from May.
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Gyanvapi case: Varanasi court refuses carbon dating of ‘shivling’ found in mosque complex
Carbon dating is a scientific method used to determine the age of an archaeological object.
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Gyanvapi mosque case: Allahabad HC extends stay on ASI survey till October 31
The petitioner has demanded that the land on which the mosque is built be handed over to Hindus as a portion of Kashi Vishwanath temple was demolished in 1664.
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Gyanvapi case: Varanasi court issues notice to Muslim side on plea for carbon dating of ‘shivling’
The court dismissed an application of the Anjuman Intezamia Masjid Committee, asking for eight weeks time to prepare for the next hearing.
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Gyanvapi case: Hindu petitioner urges Allahabad HC to hear her if mosque caretaker files any plea
The Anjuman Intezamia Masjid Committee has said it will move the High Court against the Varanasi court order that the suit by Hindu plaintiff is maintainable.
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Gyanvapi case: Varanasi court order will ‘take country back to 1980s’, says Asaduddin Owaisi
The Hyderabad MP said that the district court’s order will have a destabilising effect and several other similar demands will crop up.
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Explainer: Why a Varanasi court ruled Gyanvapi plea by Hindu litigants was maintainable
It held that the Places of Worship Act, which freezes the character of a religious building, would not bar the plea to worship Hindu gods inside a mosque.
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