Allahabad HC extends stay on ASI survey of Gyanvapi premises till July 27
The Hindu
Allahabad High Court stays ASI survey of Gyanvapi mosque till July 27; SC corrects error in July 24 order. Mosque management questions "hot haste" of survey, expresses fear of damage to historic structure. ASI assures survey is "non-invasive". HC reacts sharply to management's apprehensions.
The Allahabad High Court on Wednesday stayed the Archaeological Survey of India’s (ASI) scientific survey of the Gyanvapi mosque premises till Thursday (July 27) while orally expressing “strong doubts” about the work.
This is the second time the ASI survey has been stayed during the week. The Supreme Court had stayed the survey on July 24, giving the Gyanvapi mosque management “breathing time” to approach the High Court.
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A Bench headed by Chief Justice Pritinker Diwaker ordered the stay to continue while scheduling the case at 3.30 p.m. on July 27. The High Court asked for an ASI official to be present in the courtroom.
Meanwhile, a Supreme Court Bench led by Chief Justice of India D.Y. Chandrachud corrected an inadvertent error in its July 24 order. The apex court, while disposing of the mosque management’s application against the ASI survey on Monday, had mistakenly closed its pending appeal against an Allahabad High Court decision which upheld the maintainability (under Order 7 Rule 11 of the Code of Civil Procedure) of the Hindu women plaintiffs’ suit for declaration of their right to worship at the premises.
The Anjuman Intezamia Masjid Committee, the mosque’s managers, had drawn the attention of the court to the error in an urgent mentioning. Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, appearing for both the Uttar Pradesh government and the ASI in the case, seconded the committee’s plea to right the error.
The mosque management has moved the High Court against a July 21 order of the Varanasi District Court to conduct the scientific survey of the mosque premises located next to the Kashi Vishwanath temple.
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