The Varanasi district court, on July 21 last year, directed the Archeological Survey of India (ASI) to conduct a “detailed scientific survey” including excavations, wherever necessary to determine if the mosque located next to the Kashi Vishwanath temple was built upon a temple
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The SC had stopped the Gyanvapi mosque survey on July 24 and asked the Muslim side to go to the HC. The suit first arose out of a petition by a group of Hindu women seeking the right to worship Maa Shringar Gauri on the outer wall of the mosque complex. What is the main question of law here?
The decades-old litigation around the 17th century mosque has gained momentum since 2021, with the matter moving from civil court to district court, to HC and SC, and back to district court and HC