HC junks plea to name petitioner who sought transfer of Gyanvapi dispute

THE Allahabad High Court chief justice has rejected an application filed by Anjuman Intezamia Masajid (AIM), the management committee of Gyanvapi mosque in Varanasi, urging the court to disclose the name of counsel or party who had moved an application for transferring Gyanvapi mosque title dispute case from the judge who had reserved judgment in the matter to another court.

- NAMITA BAJPAI

In the same application, the AIM had also submitted that the present proceeding may not be restarted till disclosure of name in the interest of justice.

Rejecting AIM's application, chief justice Pritinker Diwaker termed it as 'bereft of any merit'. He directed to list the bunch of cases relating to Gyanvpai title dispute on October 4, 2023 for further hearing. The chief justice observed that the identity of the applicant, who highlighted the procedural impropriety in hearing of the writ petitions, was not material.