Varanasi: The court of the district judge on Saturday fixed October 4 to pronounce its order on an application seeking transfer of a fresh civil suit from the court of civil judge senior division to the Varanasi district court.The court reserved its order after the counsel of Kashi Vishwanath Temple Trust, Ravi Kumar Pandey, presented his submission before the court. After hearing, the court fixed October 4 for delivering its order, said Pandey.Earlier on Friday, the counsel of Kashi Vishwanath Temple Trust, a party in this case, had sought time for giving its submission in the court. Granting time to the temple trust, the court fixed Saturday (September 30) as the next date of hearing.The head priest of Acharya Ved Vyas Peeth temple, Shailendra Kumar Pathak Vyas, had filed the plea before the court of civil judge senior division on September 25. Vyass other lawyer Vishnu Shankar Jain too filed an application the same day before the court of the district judge seeking transfer of this suit to his court.Earlier, Anjuman Intezamia Masajid Committees advocate Mumtaz Ahmad had raised an objection, saying that if the case was transferred to the district court, the AIMC would be deprived of filing an appeal in the district court. Ahmad argued that the suit should not be transferred to the district court and prayed to the court to reject the application. In its objection, the Gyanvapi mosque management committee said that Vyas mentioned in the plea that worship of deities was performed in cellar of the southern side of the building, but after 1993, his predecessor priest was restrained from entering the barricaded area and thus performance of rituals and other ceremonies in cellar was stopped since then.We also published the following articles recentlyPlea for transfer of fresh civil suit to be heard todayThe district court in Varanasi has set September 30 as the next date of hearing for a transfer application in the Gyanvapi cases. The application seeks to transfer a civil suit to the Varanasi district court. The court has issued a notice to the Kashi Vishwanath Temple Trust and has scheduled a hearing for another lawyer representing the head priest of Acharya Ved Vyas Peeth temple on September 26. Arguments have been presented by both sides, and the court has granted time to the temple trust to submit its points.Varanasi court junks plea to stop Gyanvapi ASI surveyA court in Varanasi has rejected a plea by the Gyanvapi mosque management to stop the Archaeological Survey of Indias (ASI) scientific study and survey of the complex. The court ruled that the survey was being conducted on the directive of the Allahabad high court and the Supreme Court, and therefore, no order could be passed to stop it. The ASI survey was ordered to determine whether the mosque was built on top of an old Shiva temple. The survey had been temporarily stopped due to the plea, but has now been allowed to resume.Supreme Court reiterates concern over delay in judges appointments in High CourtsThe Supreme Court has expressed concern over the delay in appointing judges in various High Courts. The court noted that recommended names have been pending for the last seven months and asked the Centre for an explanation. The Attorney General has been asked to provide instructions from the Central Government on the issue. This comes after the court previously expressed concern over the pending transfers of judges in high courts.

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