The UP Deputy CM's statement comes after the High Court dismissed the Anjuman Mosque Committee’s petition challenging the survey of the mosque complex in Varanasi. “The scientific survey is necessary in the interest of justice,” the High Court’s order stated.
The Archaeological Survey of India will continue its survey of the Gyanvapi Mosque in Varanasi, the Allahabad High Court ruled today. The mosque committee had challenged the survey in the court.
The Allahabad High Court dismissed Anjuman Intezamia Masjid Committee s plea, challenging the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) survey of the mosque complex
Gyanvapi mosque row: ASI submitted to the court that it would conduct the survey, documentation, photography, detail description, GPR survey and full study of the Gyanvapi mosque without harming the existing structures.
The decision of the Allahabad High Court allowing a survey by the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) at the Gyanvapi mosque in Uttar Pradesh has been welcomed by BJP leaders, who believe that the truth about a temple at the site will finally come out. The high court dismissed a petition from the Gyanvapi committee challenging a district court order directing the ASI to determine by survey whether the mosque next to the Kashi Vishwanath temple had been built on top of a temple.