A Varanasi court on Thursday gave its consent for videography inside the Gyanvapi mosque premises by an advocate commissioner on a petition filed by five Hindu plaintiffs demanding daily access to a Hindu site Maa Shringar Gauri for prayers, claimed by them to be located outside the western wall of the mosque.
The court rejected the mosque committee’s demand to replace advocate commissioner Ajay Kumar Mishra. The committee had accused him of being “biased” in favour of the Hindu plaintiffs but the court found no merit in their argument.
Also, the court appointed two more advocate commissioners — special advocate commissioner Vishal Singh and assistant advocate commissioner Ajay Pratap Singh — to assist Mr. Mishra in the videography. The commission should complete its inspection and submit a report to the court by May 17, the judge said, after it heard applications from both sides.
