The HC had said that the “religious character” of a disputed place can only be decided by the court.It had dismissed five related petitions — on maintainability and also against a survey of the mosque premises — filed over the years by the mosque committee and the Uttar Pradesh Sunni Central Waqf Board.The HC had held that the suit filed before the district court is not barred by the Places of Worship (Special Provisions) Act, 1991, which forbids “conversion” of the “religious character” of a place from what existed on August 15, 1947.The suit was filed by petitioners seeking the right to worship in the Gyanvapi mosque adjoining the Kashi Vishwanath temple.Muslim litigants had challenged its maintainability, citing the Places of Worship (Special Provisions) Act.
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