VARANASI, July 7 -- The court of Varanasi district judge Jai Prakash Tiwari on Monday rejected a plea seeking an order to transfer a suit titled 'Ancient Idol Swayambhu Lord Vishweshwar and others Vs Anjuman Intezamia Committee and others' from the fast-track court of the civil judge (senior division), Varanasi, to any other court.

The plea was filed in May this year by Manikuntala Tiwari, Neelima Mishra and Renu Pandey, daughters of the late Harihar Pandey, one of the three litigants in the suit.

Advocate Ashish Tiwari, the counsel for Manikuntala Tiwari, argued that she was not being given enough opportunity to present her side on the application pending in the court of the civil judge (senior division) fast-track court. Therefore, th...