As many as 30 retired Judges of the Supreme Court and various high courts participated in a meeting organized by the Vishwa Hindu Parishad’s ‘vidhi prakoshth’ (legal cell) on Sunday, which is learnt to have discussed the legal dispute over the Varanasi and Mathura temples, the Waqf (Amendment) Bill and religious conversions among other issues. Union Law Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal was also present at the gathering.
The issues discussed in the meeting included the legal dispute over the Varanasi and Mathura temples, the Waqf (Amendment) Bill, and religious conversions, reported The Indian Express.
“Today, I participated in the Judge’s Meet programme organized by the legal cell of Vishva Hindu Parishad and had a detailed discussion on the topics related to judicial reforms for the creation of a developed India,” Meghwal said in a post on X late on Monday evening.
He also posted pictures of the event on X and said, “On this occasion, retired judges, other jurists, senior lawyers and other eminent intellectuals were present in the August presence of Vishva Hindu Parishad president Alok Kumar.”
“We had invited retired Judges of the Supreme Court and high courts. The collective issues before the society – such as the Waqf (Amendment) Bill, handing back of temples, handing over of temples under government control (to the society), conversions etc – were discussed. The objective was free exchange of views between the Judges and the VHP so that both develop an understanding of each other,” VHP president Alok Kumar said.
It was an internal meeting organized by the VHP’s legal cell which discussed a range of issues including the disputes over Varanasi and Mathura temples, the Waqf (Amendment) Bill, cow slaughter and religious conversion, the Siasat reported.
