Allahabad HC defers Gyanvapi case hearing to August 6

The Allahabad High Court on Friday deferred to August 6 the hearing over the ASI survey of the wuzukhana (ablution pond) area except for the Shiva Linga inside the Gyanvapi mosque.

On Friday when matter was taken up, the court was informed by one of the counsel that the Supreme Court's interim order was in operation.

The Supreme Court in its interim order had barred any court from passing effective interim orders or final orders including orders directing surveys, etc., till its further directions.

Following the submission, Justice Rohit Ranjan Agarwal adjourned the matter while acting in a revision plea filed by Rakhi Singh, who is one of the plaintiffs before a Varanasi court.

The plea challenges a Varanasi judge order of October, 2023 which refused to direct the Archeological Survey of India (ASI) to survey the wuzukhana (ablution) area except for the structure which the Hindu side calls a Shivling and the Muslims describe as a fountain inside the Gyanvapi mosque located adjacent to the Kashi Vishwanath temple.