Gyanvapi Mosque

Advocate Vishnu Shankar Jain clarified that the plea for additional survey at Gyanvapi, which was rejected by court, was not filed by a different party

The Court of Civil Judge (Senior Division) Fast Track Court, Varanasi on Friday dismissed the Hindu side's plea for an additional survey by the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) at the Gyanvapi complex.

A district court in Varanasi has directed that the keys to the "Vyas ji ka tehkhana" basement in the Gyanvapi complex be handed over to the district magistrate.

Supreme Court allowed the cleaning of the 'wazukhana' inside the disputed Gyanvapi mosque where the ‘Shivling’ was found on May 16, 2022, during a court-mandated survey.

Maulana Tauqeer Raza said that Muslims have to show that they will not tolerate if any mosque is taken away from Muslims.

“We submitted the report in a sealed cover in the court today. The court has fixed December 21 as the next date to look into the report,” said advocate Amit Srivastava, representing the ASI, in Varanasi. The report will be shared with the petitioners on December 21.

Shubhash Nandan Chaturvedi, a lawyer for Hindu petitioners, said that the Varanasi district court gave ASI four weeks to complete its survey, the deadline for which ended on Saturday.

Supreme Court dismissed Anjuman Intezamia Masjid Committee's argument that allowing ASI survey of Gyanvapi site means going back in history by 500 years

Gyanvapi Masjid committee moves SC against Allahabad HC order for ASI survey of the structure

Anjuman Intezamia Committee (AIC) approached Allahabad High Court against ASI survey at disputed structure called Gyanvapi mosque. Matter to be heard on 26th July.