India
SC dismisses plea against transfer of Gyanvapi case from one court to another in HC
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court docket on Friday dismissed the Anjuman Intezamia Masjid Committee‘s plea difficult the Allahabad excessive courtroom chief justice’s administrative resolution withdraw the Gyanvapi case from a single-judge bench listening to it since 2021.
The one-judge bench was listening to the plea difficult the maintainability of a go well with searching for restoration of a temple on the website the place the Gyanvapi mosque exists in Varanasi.
“Dismissed,” a bench comprising Chief Justice DY Chandrachud and Justices JB Pardiwala and Manoj Misra stated after listening to the submissions of senior advocate Huzefa Ahmadi, who represented the mosque committee.
“We must always not intervene with the order of the chief justice of the excessive courtroom … In excessive courts, it’s a very normal follow. This should lie within the realm of the chief justice of the excessive courtroom,” the bench stated.
The Anjuman Intezamia Masjid Committee (AIMC) is difficult the withdrawal of the case from one single decide bench and its project to another bench by the chief justice of the excessive courtroom.
Earlier than dismissing the plea, the CJI perused the explanations for switch of the case and stated he didn’t need to learn it in open courtroom.
On October 30, the Allahabad excessive courtroom adjourned the listening to until November 8 on the AIMC’s petition.
On November 2, a Varanasi courtroom granted the Archaeological Survey of India extension until November 17 after the ASI stated it had “accomplished” the survey of the Gyanvapi mosque complicated however wanted extra time to draft the report.
The ASI was to submit the report of the survey by November 6.
The one-judge bench was listening to the plea difficult the maintainability of a go well with searching for restoration of a temple on the website the place the Gyanvapi mosque exists in Varanasi.
“Dismissed,” a bench comprising Chief Justice DY Chandrachud and Justices JB Pardiwala and Manoj Misra stated after listening to the submissions of senior advocate Huzefa Ahmadi, who represented the mosque committee.
“We must always not intervene with the order of the chief justice of the excessive courtroom … In excessive courts, it’s a very normal follow. This should lie within the realm of the chief justice of the excessive courtroom,” the bench stated.
The Anjuman Intezamia Masjid Committee (AIMC) is difficult the withdrawal of the case from one single decide bench and its project to another bench by the chief justice of the excessive courtroom.
Earlier than dismissing the plea, the CJI perused the explanations for switch of the case and stated he didn’t need to learn it in open courtroom.
On October 30, the Allahabad excessive courtroom adjourned the listening to until November 8 on the AIMC’s petition.
On November 2, a Varanasi courtroom granted the Archaeological Survey of India extension until November 17 after the ASI stated it had “accomplished” the survey of the Gyanvapi mosque complicated however wanted extra time to draft the report.
The ASI was to submit the report of the survey by November 6.
