Gyanvapi: ASI officials begin day two survey at mosque complex
The plaintiff women and their lawyers are present on the Gyanvapi mosque premises. The Muslim side, which skipped the first day of survey, is also taking part on the second day.
The plaintiff women and their lawyers are present on the Gyanvapi mosque premises. The Muslim side, which skipped the first day of survey, is also taking part on the second day.
The survey began at 9 am today amid tight security around the complex.
The plaintiff women and their lawyers are present on the premises. The Muslim side, which skipped the first day of survey, is also taking part on the second day.
According to the officials, adequate security arrangements have been made on the way to Gyanvapi complex in view of the survey.
#WATCH | Officials from the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) arrive at the Gyanvapi mosque complex in Varanasi as a scientific survey of the complex continues today pic.twitter.com/dDlyahBQmo
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The Muslim side had approached the Supreme Court seeking a stay on the survey. The top court on Friday allowed the ASI survey of the Gyanvapi mosque complex and dismissed the plea.
The Supreme Court said that ASI has clarified that the entire survey would be completed without any excavation and without causing any damage to the structure.
One of the lawyers for Anjuman Committee, Mumtaz Ahmad said that the Muslim side is supporting the survey.
Reacting to the statement, Shankar Jain, lawyer of Hindu side, said that the other side is joining the survey because of the court order.
“They (Muslim side) are not supporting us. They are here because of the court order. They fought in three courts, when they couldn’t win, they are participating,” Vishnu Shankar Jain said.
In the meantime, the Hindu plaintiffs in anticipation of the appeal on Thursday have lodged a caveat or a notice submitted to an appellate court by a litigant who wishes to be heard in case any orders are issued regarding an opponent’s appeal that challenges the decision or judgment made by the lower court.
In its order passed earlier in day on Thursday, the high court dismissed the plea moved by the Anjuman Intezamia Masjid Committee challenging the order passed by Varanasi district court directing the Archaeological Survey of India to survey the barricaded area of the mosque premises, barring the sealed area.
A bench headed by Chief Justice Pritinkar Diwakar of the high court brushed aside the Mosque Committee’s apprehensions that the survey may result in damage to the structure. “The survey is required to do justice. Survey needs to be done with few conditions. Do survey, but without dredging,” it said.
(With inputs from agencies)
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