Congress MPs speak out against order on Gyanvapi mosque

Is a civil court judge even competent to give such a direction, it asks

After a Varanasi court ordered an archaeological survey at the Kashi Vishwanath Temple-Gyanvapi Mosque premises, noted lawyer and Congress leader Abhishek Singhvi on Friday pointed out that the Places of Worship Act, 1991 prohibited inquiry into such places including Kashi and Mathura. His party colleague and Lok Sabha member Manish Tewari too asked if a civil court judge is even competent to give such a direction against a law upheld by a Constitutional bench of the Supreme Court. At the official press conference, Congress chief Randeep Surjewala said he would like to read the civil court’s orders and not comment on news reports.