The Allahabad High Court issued notice to the Anjuman Intezamia Mosque Committee (Muslim side) on a plea filed by the Hindu side seeking an ASI survey of the wuzukhana region within the Gyanvapi Mosque premises.
A Varanasi district court on Wednesday directed that the scientific survey report on the Gyanvapi mosque prepared by the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) in July 2023 be made public.
The Allahabad High Court today rejected a plea challenging the maintainability of a 1991 civil suit filed by Hindu worshippers seeking rights to worship in premises currently occupied by the Gyanvapi mosque.
The Court held that the bar under the Places of Worship Act, which seeks to preserve places of worship as they stood at the time of Independence, is only applicable to places that have an "undisputed" religious nature.
The Allahabad High Court held that scientific investigation to ascertain whether the object found during the survey of the Gyanvapi Mosque premises is a Shiva linga or a fountain, can be done without damaging the object