Massive Win for Hindu Side: Allahabad HC allows ASI to survey Gyanvapi mosque complex in Varanasi

Prayagraj (Uttar Pradesh): Allahabad High Court has allowed the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) to survey the Gyanvapi mosque complex in Varanasi. 

"Allahabad High Court has said that the ASI survey of the Gyanvapi mosque complex will start. Sessions court order is upheld by the High Court," Vishnu Shankar Jain, representing the Hindu side in the Gyanvapi survey case told reporters.

The Allahabad High Court dismissed Anjuman Intezamia Masjid Committee's plea, challenging the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) survey of the mosque complex, adjacent to Kashi Vishwanath temple in Varanasi. 

The Anjuman Intezamia Masjid Committee had challenged the Varanasi District Judge's July 21 order. 

On July 21, Varanasi district judge AK Vishvesha ordered the ASI survey of the Gyanvapi complex on an application moved by four Hindu women on May 16, 2023.

The order of the district judge, however, excluded the Wuzu Khana (ablution pond area) of the complex, which has been sealed on the order of the top court.