Gyanvapi case: Varanasi District Court to hear Hindu side's petition today
Gyanvapi mosque case: ASI seeks 8 weeks to complete scientific survey Hindu Side Advocate Subhash Nandan Chaturvedi told the media, "Our main point in today's hearing is that the evidence collected by the ASI during the survey should be kept in an evidence room... Secondly, Plaintiff 1 has asked to reserve the premises, there will be a hearing on that too... Thirdly, the Muslim side has raised various objections regarding the debris...
The ASI has given an affidavit there the survey will not cause any damage... The premises are full of debris and it is causing hindrance to the survey... The Muslim side agreed to remove the debris but now they are not allowing it on the spot...
There is a hearing on these multiple points in the district court today... We don't think the survey will be concluded in 4 weeks... The court should give a clear verdict to resolve these issues...".
Meanwhile, the next hearing on the petitions challenging the maintainability of the civil suit filed with regard to the ownership of the Varanasi Gyanvapi complex and the validity of the Allahabad High Court ordering a survey by the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) has been scheduled for 18 September. Also read: Gyanvapi Mosque survey: ASI investigation continues; here’s what has happened so far Yesterday, Chief Justice Pritinkar Diwakarheard the petitions filed by the Anjuman Intezamia Masjid Committee and Sunni Central Waqf Board. A Varanasi court on Friday granted four weeks’ additional time to the ASI to complete the scientific survey of the Gyanvapi mosque complex.
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