Gyanvapi Survey / ASI will have to give report on Gyanvapi in 1 month, new deadline after SC's decision

ASI's survey will continue in Gyanvapi. The Supreme Court gave this order on Friday. While hearing the petition of the Muslim side, the Supreme Court said that the truth will come out from the survey. After the order of the court, the question arises that when the survey of ASI will continue in the campus. Earlier, the ASI had to submit the survey report by August 4. But today, when the survey has started again

Vikrant Shekhawat : Aug 04, 2023, 07:27 PM
Gyanvapi Survey: ASI's survey will continue in Gyanvapi. The Supreme Court gave this order on Friday. While hearing the petition of the Muslim side, the Supreme Court said that the truth will come out from the survey. After the order of the court, the question arises that when the survey of ASI will continue in the campus. Earlier, the ASI had to submit the survey report by August 4. But today, when the survey has started again on August 4, the Varanasi court has given a new deadline to the ASI. The district court of Varanasi has given one month's time to the ASI to conduct its survey and submit the report.

District Judge A. Of. Hearing the petition of ASI, Vishwesh gave him additional time of four weeks to complete the survey work. Hindu side's lawyer Madan Mohan Yadav, who was present in the court during the hearing, said that now the deadline for completing the survey work has been extended till September 4. According to the previous order, the survey was to be completed on August 4. The ASI had stopped the survey work on July 24 in view of the hearing in the Allahabad High Court. The ASI resumed the survey work on Friday morning after getting the green signal from the High Court on August 3.

Victory of Hindu side in Supreme Court

Earlier, the Supreme Court on Friday refused to stay the order of the Allahabad High Court, in which the ASI was allowed to survey the Gyanvapi campus. The survey is being done to determine whether the 17th century mosque has been built over the pre-existing structure of a Hindu temple.

Chief Justice DY Chandrachud, Justice J. B. Pardiwala and Justice Manoj Mishra's bench refused the ASI from any sabotage action during the survey. The bench took note of the arguments of Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, appearing for the ASI and the Uttar Pradesh government, that no excavation would be done during the survey and no damage would be done to the structure.

It has been said in the order that the report of the ASI will be sent to the lower court and the decision will be taken by the district judge. Explain that on July 21, the district court of Varanasi had directed the ASI to conduct a survey to determine whether the mosque was built on an already existing temple. The decision was challenged by the Anjuman Intezamia Masjid Committee in the Allahabad High Court, but it dismissed the petition on Thursday. After that the matter had reached the Supreme Court.