The Allahabad High Court directed the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) on Friday to conduct a ‘scientific survey’ of the Shivling-like construction inside Varanasi’s Gyanvapi mosque to find out its age. It overturned a Varanasi District Court order from October 14 that denied a request for scientific investigation of the construction, together with carbon relationship. The courtroom requested the ASI to make sure that no injury is completed to the construction throughout the survey.
The mosque authorities say it’s a part of a fountain within the ‘wazu khana’, the place ablutions are carried out earlier than namaz. According to mosque officers, it’s a part of a fountain within the ‘wazu khana,’ the place ablutions are carried out earlier than namaz.
#WATCH | Vishnu Shankar Jain, representing the Hindu aspect within the Gyanvapi mosque case, provides particulars on the Allahabad High Court order permitting ASI to conduct carbon relationship of ‘Shivling’ discovered within the mosque premises.
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“…The ASI has presented several techniques of scientific survey before the court. On 22nd May, District Judge will decide how will the scientific survey be carried out,” information company ANI quoted Hindu aspect lawyer Vishnu Shankar Jain as saying.
A single bench, presided over by Justice Arvind Kumar Mishra, was responding to a petition filed by the Hindu aspect, which sought carbon relationship of the Shivling. On Thursday, the ASI submitted its report in a sealed envelope.
Earlier in April, the Allahabad High Court (HC) slammed the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) Director General (DG), V. Vidyavathi for her failure to file a reply, giving an opinion as as to if a protected analysis of the age of the Shivling-like construction, purportedly discovered contained in the Gyanvapi mosque complicated in Varanasi in May final 12 months, could be performed or not.
The Allahabad High Court (HC) has slammed the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) Director General (DG), V. Vidyavathi for her failure to file a reply, giving an opinion as as to if a protected analysis of the age of the Shivling-like construction, purportedly discovered contained in the Gyanvapi mosque complicated in Varanasi in May final 12 months, could be performed or not.
Justice Mishra known as the ASI official`s perspective “lethargic” and mentioned inaction had hampered the courtroom proceedings. However, the courtroom gave the ASI DG a final alternative to file a counter-affidavit within the case by April 17, the following date of listening to.
