Gyanvapi Mosque Case: ‘ASI may seek more time for survey report’, says lawyers

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Gyanvapi survey report, according to a report published by the news agency ANI. ASI was granted four weeks of time by a Varanasi court to complete its survey in the mosque complex. The time has come to an end today, September 2.

Sudhir Tripathi, an advocate representing the Hindu side, said they think “the survey is not completed yet". “ASI may give a primary report but they should not submit the final report yet as the survey is incomplete. After lunch, the court will hear the matter.

There is a possibility that ASI may ask for more time from the court," Tripathi told ANI. Shubhash Nandan Chaturvedi, also a lawyer representing Hindu litigants, said the four weeks given by the Varanasi district court to ASI to complete its survey end on Saturday. “We think that the survey is not completed yet and ASI may make a request to extend the date," he said.

The scientific survey of the complex, adjacent to Kashi Vishwanath Temple, excluding ‘wuzukhana’, began on August 4, following the Allahabad High Court's order, which allowed the ASI to conduct the survey to determine if the 17th-century mosque was constructed over a pre-existing structure of a Hindu temple Earlier, Advocate Vishnu Shankar Jain, also a lawyer for the Hindu side, said an out-of-court settlement in the Gyanvapi Mosque issue “is not legally possible". His remarks came after Jitendra Singh Bisen, the international president of the Vishwa Vedic Sanatan Sangh, wrote a letter to Anjuman Intejamia proposing an out-of-court settlement in the Gyanvapi case. “…in matters related to the country and society, where a representative suit is filed involving the entire society, even if one person or party wants to settle alone, they cannot.