By Shahnaz Parveen Mahrose / Muslim Mirror
New Delhi: The Gyanvapi mosque managing committee claimed its right to appeal was “frustrated” by the Varanasi district court, which without giving it time to explore legal remedies against its July 21 order, directed the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) to carry out a “scientific investigation/survey/excavation” of the ancient mosque to ascertain whether the “present structure” was “constructed over a pre-existing structure of a Hindu temple”.
The ASI was directed to submit a report to the court before August 4.
Allowing an application filed four Hindu women petitioners, seeking the right to worship Maa Shringar Gauri on the outer wall of the Gyanvapi mosque complex, District and Sessions Judge Dr Ajaya Krishna Vishvesha passed the order at 4:30 pm on Friday.
Complying the order, four teams of the ASI — comprising a total of its 30 members — descended in the mosque premise early on Monday morning and began the probe.
Denied a “breathing time”, the Anjuman Islamia Masajid (AIM) — the managing committee of the mosque — approached the Supreme Court, praying a stay on the lower court’s order.
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