The parties appeared before the mediation centre at a Varanasi court as part of the Supreme Court’s Samadhan Samaroh initiative aimed at encouraging settlement of pending cases ahead of a special Lok Adalat scheduled for August 21-23

The dispute concerns claims by Hindu litigants that the Gyanvapi mosque was built after the demolition of a Kashi Vishwanath temple during Mughal era. | India News

The litigants will continue to pursue the cases in court.