Both Hindu and Muslim parties were waiting for the decision of the High Court. The Allahabad High Court had just put a stay on the ASI survey. District Judge of Varanasi Dr. Ajay Kumar Vishwesh had ordered the Gyanvapi survey. Now the High Court has issued an order for the survey to uphold the decision of the District Court. Means the ban on ASI of Gyanvapi mosque complex has also been removed.
इलाहाबाद हाईकोर्ट से पुरातत्व सर्वेक्षण को वाराणसी में ज्ञानवापी मस्जिद परिसर के सर्वेक्षण की इजाजत मिली
The Allahabad High Court on Thursday allowed the Archaeological Survey of India to survey the Gyanvapi mosque complex in Varanasi.
Vishnu Shankar Jain, representing the Hindu side in the Gyanvapi survey case, said, “The Allahabad High Court has said that the ASI survey of the Gyanvapi mosque complex will begin. The High Court has upheld the order of the Sessions Court.”
The Allahabad High Court dismissed a petition by the Anjuman Intezamia Masjid Committee challenging the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) survey of the mosque complex adjacent to the Kashi Vishwanath temple in Varanasi.
The Anjuman Intezamia Masjid Committee challenged the order of the Varanasi District Judge on July 21.
truth will come out
UP Deputy CM Keshav Prasad Maurya on Allahabad High Court allowing ASI survey in Gyanvapi Masjid complex, said, “I welcome this decision. I am sure the truth will come out after the ASI survey and the Gyanvapi issue will be resolved.”
On July 21, Varanasi District Judge AK Vishwesha ordered an ASI survey of the Gyanvapi campus on May 16, 2023, on an application filed by four Hindu women.
However, the district judge’s order excluded the wuzu khana (bathing pond area) of the complex, which has been sealed on the orders of the top court.
Earlier, the Allahabad High Court had asked the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) not to start the survey of the Gyanvapi Mosque in Varanasi as the matter is pending hearing till 5 pm on July 26 after the Supreme Court stayed the detailed scientific survey by the ASI. Was being To determine whether the mosque next to the Kashi Vishwanath temple in Varanasi was built over a temple.
will obey orders
Samajwadi Party MP Dr. ST Hasan said, “We will follow the orders of the court.”
On UP CM Yogi Adityanath’s statement on Gyanvapi, Hasan said, “Today our country needs communal harmony and national unity. No such statement should be made which creates differences among the people in the country.
The court was hearing a petition against a district court order directing the ASI to conduct the controversial survey.
The Supreme Court had earlier corrected its order regarding the Gyanvapi Masjid case, whereby it had on July 24 inadvertently dismissed the committee’s appeal questioning the maintainability of the suit by Hindus in the trial court seeking the right to worship inside the mosque. was settled.
The top court disposed of the main case on July 24, giving relief on the interim petition by staying the ASI survey.
The mosque committee had moved the top court with its interim plea in the pending petition seeking a stay on the work of the ASI.