No Stay On Gyanvapi Survey Yet, SC To Hear Matter At 2 PM

The Supreme Court on Monday declined an urgent stay on the ongoing survey of the Gyanvapi mosque complex.

SC declines stay on Gyanvapi mosque survey. ( Image Source :PTI )

The Supreme has declined to put a stay on the ongoing survey of the Gyanvapi mosque complex as of now and the bench will again hear the matter at 2 PM today. The decision came on Gyanvapi Masjid Committee's plea seeking a stay on the survey. Notably, the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) began its survey of the Gyanvapi mosque premises on Monday. The survey will be conducted with the help of modern technologies, including radar mapping. This comes after a Varanasi court on Friday allowed the ASI to conduct a survey of the mosque premises, barring the wuzukhana (place for ablution). A team of the ASI arrived on Sunday to conduct a scientific survey to determine if the Gyanvapi mosque is built upon a temple.

According to a report by the news agency PTI, the Advocate of the Hindu side, Madan Mohan Yadav, said that an advocate for each of the petitioners will accompany the ASI team when it begins the survey. ASI has to submit the report to the district court by August 4.

Gyanvapi mosque management committee, Anjuman Intezamia Masjid, mentions a plea against the Varanasi district court's order for an Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) survey of the mosque complex, adjacent to Kashi Vishwanath temple.

Appearing for the Gyanvapi mosque management committee, senior counsel Huzefa Ahmadi sought a stay on the Varanasi district court’s order, reported ANI. Ahmadi added that an order of the district court was passed directing the ASI survey of the entire area which as per us is in the teeth of the Supreme Court’s order.

The agency quoted Ahmadi as saying that the ASI survey of the mosque complex has started today and our request is to defer the survey for 2-3 days. The apex court said that it will hear the matter today itself at 11.15 am. The Supreme Court asked Solicitor General Tushar Mehta to get instructions on whether ASI is doing any excavation work during the survey.

Solicitor General Tushar Mehta has told the bench that "not a brick has been removed nor is it planned to be removed. Right now what is going on is measurement, photography, and radar, which will not affect the structure".

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