The petition regarding the ASI survey of the Wazukhana will be considered. This comes after the Supreme Court sealed the area after a dispute over the mosque.
In Episode 1571, Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta looks at what the CJI-led bench’s order says, and what it means for Gyanvapi, Sambhal and Ajmer Sharif cases.
In February, Allahabad HC had dismissed mosque management committee’s appeal against the trial court orders of 17 and 31 January allowing rituals in the cellar.
Allahabad HC expunged the additional district judge's 'unwarranted remarks containing political overtones & personal views' made in 5 March order on a 2010 Bareilly riots case.
The very fact that the temples that were targeted included the ones at places like Mathura and Varanasi point to a motive that transcends mere politics and suggests an element of religious fervour.
'Justice bought,' says mosque management panel, draws parallels to retired judge Surendra Kumar Yadav, who was made UP deputy Lokayukta within 7 months of delivering Babri ruling.
Allahabad HC opined that the act 'was a continuous wrong being perpetuated'. It has now upheld 2 orders passed by Varanasi district court to pave way for Hindu worship in mosque cellar.
The appeal was filed by the Gyanvapi mosque management committee challenging the Varanasi district judge’s 17 January order that opened the Tehkhana for Hindu worshippers.
Muslim side criticised Varanasi administration for exhibiting 'unnecessary haste' in executing orders of district court that permitted prayers in southern cellar of Gyanvapi structure.
Varanasi district judge Ajaya Krishna Vishvesha issued the last order of his career at 3 pm Wednesday. Within about 12 hours, Hindu prayers were performed inside Gyanvapi mosque cellar.
Pinarayi Vijayan once called Vellappally Natesan, the general secretary of SNDP Yogam, Kerala’s Pravin Togadia. Now he is giving his hate speech a free pass.
Republican Senator Lindsey Graham says bill will be 'well-timed, as Ukraine is making concessions for peace and Putin is all talk, continuing to kill the innocent'.
Islamabad-based think-tank PICSS's new report says Pakistan saw 'pronounced escalation' in violence last year, with 3,413 conflict-related deaths compared to 1,950 in previous year.
Many of you might think I got something so wrong in National Interest pieces written this year. I might disagree! But some deserve a Mea Culpa. I’d deal with the most recent this week.
Correction: The Shivalingam turned into a wudhukhana so every worshipper knowingly desecrates it with the dirt of his hands, feet, and rinses his mouth (= spits) on it, five times each day, for centuries.
Correction: The Shivalingam turned into a wudhukhana so every worshipper knowingly desecrates it with the dirt of his hands, feet, and rinses his mouth (= spits) on it, five times each day, for centuries.