Allahabad HC seeks reply of Gyanvapi mosque body on plea for ASI survey of ‘wazukhana’
The Allahabad HC has fixed August 14 as the next date of hearing.
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Gyanvapi mosque (Express File Photo)The Allahabad HC on Tuesday granted a month to the Gyanvapi Masjid committee to file a counter affidavit on a plea challenging a Varanasi court order that refused to direct the ASI to survey the mosque’s ‘wazukhana’.
The HC has fixed August 14 as the next date of hearing.
The court’s order came on a revision petition filed by Rakhi Singh, one of the plaintiffs in the Shringar Gauri Worshipping suit.
In her petition, Singh pleaded that survey of ‘wazukhana’ area is necessary in interest of justice. Her plea also contended the Varanasi district judge, in his October 21, 2023 order, failed to exercise the jurisdiction vested in it by law to direct a survey of ‘wazukhana’ area, where devouts offer ritual ablutions before offering ‘namaz’.
Appearing before the court, Saurabh Tiwari with Amitabh Trivedi argued that the survey by ASI of the ‘wazukhana’ area is necessary so that the religious character of the entire property can be determined.
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