A Closer Look at the Gyanvapi Mosque Case and Latest Update

The Gyanvapi Mosque case has been moving from one court to another for more than 4 decades at present. Finally the permission for the Survey is given by the Court of the ASI (Archeological Survey of India).  

Latest Detail about this case and its latest update is given below in this article.

What is the Gyanvapi Mosque (Masjid) Case?

The Gyanvapi Mosque is Adjacent to the Kashi Vishwanath temple, one of the most holy places for Hindus. 

• In 1991, Local Priest filed a petition in the Varanasi Court Saying that this premise was a part of the temple & a mosque was built on it on the orders of Aurangzeb. This was the start of the official case of Gyanvapi Mosque.

• In 2019, after more than 2 decades, the Allahabad High Court ordered a stay on an ASI Survey that was requested by the petitioners.

• Later, 5 Hindu Women filed a plea seeking permission to perform daily worship at the site. A Varanasi court ordered a videographic survey of the Mosque which the Masjid community challenged.

These opposers to the order also quoted: ‘1991 Places of Worship Act’.

What is the ‘ 1991 Places of Worship Act’?

• This act prohibits the conversion of a place of Worship to maintain its religious character as it was ar India’s Independence on August 15th, 1947.

• This act, however, doesn’t apply to the Ram Janmabhoomi Babri Masjid Case.

• Eventually the Survey has happened and the Hindu side claims Shivling has been found inside the premises and a court has ordered to seal the area.

What does the Supreme Court say about Gyanvapi mosque?

• The Supreme Court declined to postpone the Allahabad High Court ruling allowing the ASI survey at Gyanvapi mosque lands after hearing the Muslim side's case. 

• The court ordered ASI to carry out the research without using any disruptive or unpleasant methods.

Gyanvapi Latest News Update

The court-ordered survey's initial phase is now complete, and the secondary phase involving "machines" has started.

On Monday today at 10.30 am, a group of Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) staff members started up the scientific assessment of the Gyanvapi mosque complex in Varanasi. 

Advocate Vishnu Shankar Jain, representing the Hindu side in the Gyanvapi case, stated: 

"The survey today will start at 11am and will go on till 12.30pm. Then it will be done from 2.30-5 pm. It is a scientific survey and it is different from an advocate commission's survey."

Gyanvapi Complex ASI Survey Will Continue Today

• The Archaeological Survey of India (ASI), which is continuing its scientific evaluation of the Gyanvapi complex, explained that given that it is the fifth Monday of the present "Sawan"month, there may be a minor delay in starting the survey today.

• Five days have passed since the start of the most recent ASI survey, and work is still ongoing. The Anjuman Intezamia Committee additionally assists with the survey. 

• According to Sudhir Tripathi, a counsel for the Hindu side, the survey's debut may be slightly delayed because today falls on the fifth Monday of "Sawan" month.

• As another attorney for the Hindu side of the case, Subhash Nandan Chaturvedi, stated, "ASI is performing the survey in a systematic and scientific manner”.

Conclusion 

The Latest update about Gyanvapi Mosque news is given above here in the blog, Go through the complete article and know about the Case of Gyanvapi Mosque and why is it a great deal for Indians to do Survey in that Mosque which is located nearby Kashi Vishwanath Temple in Varanasi.