Gyanvapi Case: Setback For Hindu Side, No Scientific Probe Of 'Shivling'
NDTV
The 'Shivling' was found earlier this year during a video survey carried out in the Gyanvapi mosque complex on orders of a lower court.
The demand by Hindu petitioners for scientific investigation like carbon dating to determine the age of a purported 'Shivling' found in Varanasi's Gyanvapi mosque complex was rejected today by a court.
The 'Shivling' was found earlier this year during a video survey carried out in the Gyanvapi mosque complex on orders of a lower court in response to a petition seeking permission for year-long prayers at a shrine inside the mosque complex by five Hindu women. That case is still being heard.
A court in Varanasi said any survey like a carbon dating will be a violation of a Supreme Court order sealing the spot inside the mosque.
