The Anjuman Intezamia Masjid Committee, overseeing the mosque near Varanasi's Kashi Vishwanath temple, filed the petition last Friday opposing a Varanasi court's decision allowing prayers in the southern cellar.

The petitioner, Rakhi Singh, a founding member of Vishwa Vedic Sanatan Sangh, emphasised the necessity of uncovering "secret cellars" and to reveal the truth behind them.

Earlier on Wednesday, the district court ruled that a priest can perform prayers before the idols in a cellar of the Gyanvapi Masjid, a significant development in the legal battle over the mosque adjacent to the Kashi Vishwanath temple.

The Supreme Court on Tuesday allowed a plea moved by Hindu women plaintiffs for cleaning the water tank in the Gyanvapi mosque in Varanasi that is located in an area that has been sealed.

The court of District Judge A K Vishvesh on Friday said since the order on the issue has not been typed out yet, it will be given on Saturday, said Madan Mohan Yadav, the lawyer for the Hindu side.

The Allahabad High Court on Tuesday dismissed pleas challenging the maintainability of a 1991 suit seeking the “restoration” of a temple where the Gyanvapi mosque now exists in Varanasi, while observing that the “religious character” of a disputed place can only be decided by the court.

The Allahabad High Court is likely to pronounce its judgment on Tuesday on five petitions challenging the maintainability of a civil suit pending before a Varanasi court seeking the restoration of a temple at the site where the Gyanvapi mosque exists.

The Allahabad High Court reserved its judgment on Friday in a petition challenging the maintainability of a suit seeking "restoration" of a temple at the site of the Gyanvapi mosque in Varanasi.

The Allahabad High Court on Friday adjourned hearing on a petition filed by the Anjuman Intezamia Committee challenging the maintainability of a suit seeking "restoration" of a temple at the site of the Gyanvapi mosque in Varanasi.