Gyanvapi mosque complex: ASI again seeks more time to submit scientific survey report
The Hindu
Archaeological Survey of India seeks 3 weeks from Varanasi court to submit report on Gyanvapi Mosque complex. Court to hear plea on Nov 29. ASI needs time to assimilate data from experts and surveyors. Report to determine if 17th-century mosque was built on pre-existing Hindu temple.
The Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) on Tuesday sought three more weeks from the district court in Varanasi for submitting the scientific survey report of the Gyanvapi mosque complex. The court will hear the plea on Wednesday.
The district court of Varanasi had asked the ASI to submit the report on the Gyanvapi Masjid complex by November 28.
On Tuesday, the ASI sought an extension of three weeks, saying it needed more time for the assimilation of information generated by different experts, counsel for the Hindu side Madan Mohan Yadav said.
In its application, the ASI said that its experts are working on various types of data collected by archaeologists, surveyors and other experts, etc.
"Assimilation of information generated by different experts and different tools is a difficult and slow process and it will take some more time to complete the report for final submission.
"The court is therefore requested to give three more weeks to ASI to submit it," Yadav said quoting the application of the ASI.
The court has fixed November 29 for hearing the application for a time extension, he said.
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