A two-judge bench of the Supreme Court will hear on Tuesday a plea by the management of the Gyanvapi mosque in Varanasi against the recent survey of its premises.
The matter has been listed before the bench of Justices D.Y. Chandrachud and P.S. Narasimha. The Anjuman Masjid Committee has challenged the order of a court in Varanasi that last week allowed the survey to go ahead.
The survey of the mosque complex was completed on Monday and a report on it is expected to be submitted to the civil court in Varanasi on Tuesday.
Monday was the third day of the survey of the Gyanvapi complex. The Varanasi district administration told ANI “No details of the survey of Gyanvapi mosque were disclosed by any member of the commission. The court is the custodian of the information about the survey. One member was debarred from the commission for about a few minutes yesterday, later admitted to the commission.”
The mosque is located close to the iconic Kashi Vishwanath temple and the local court is hearing a plea by a group of women seeking permission for daily prayers before the idols on its outer walls. “After working for over two hours, the court commission concluded its work on Monday at around 10.15 am. All parties were satisfied with the work,” Varanasi District Magistrate Kaushal Raj Sharma told reporters.
