On Monday, the High Court of Allahabad adjourned till Feb 15 the hearing on a plea challenging the Varanasi district court order allowing Hindu prayers in a cellar of the Gyanvapi mosque in Varanasi.Justice Rohit Ranjan Agrawal passed the order on the appeal filed by the Anjuman Intezamia Masjid committee, which looks after the affairs of the mosque adjacent to the Kashi Vishwanath temple.After hearing the counsels for the Muslim side -- Punit Gupta and SFA Naqvi -- at length, Justice Agrawal fixed February 15 as the date for further hearing in the matter on Naqvi's request.On Monday, the Apex Court fixed for Feb 26 the hearing of the Andhra Pradesh government's plea against a high court order granting regular bail to TDP chief N Chandrababu Naidu in the skill development corporation scam case.A bench of Justice Bela M Trivedi and Justice Pankaj Mithal adjourned the hearing after senior advocate Siddharth Luthra, appearing for Naidu, informed it that senior advocate Harish Salve will be arguing the matter but he is unavailable today.He sought deferment of the hearing for two weeks to enable Salve to argue the matter.
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