Gyanvapi News Updates: Stop 'Wazu' Where Shivling Found, Remove the Wall, Say Petitioners; SC Judges Were Part of Babri Masjid Case Too

Gyanvapi News Updates: The Supreme Court will on Tuesday hear a plea against the Allahabad High Court order, which dismissed a petition challenging a Varanasi court’s order to appoint an advocate as a court commissioner to inspect the Gyanvapi mosque complex. A bench comprising Justices D.Y. Chandrachud and P.S. Narasimha will hear the plea filed by Committee of Management Anjuman Intezamia Masajid Varanasi.

A local court on Monday had ordered the sealing of a pond in the Gyanvapi Masjid complex after lawyers representing the Hindu petitioners said a Shivling was found there during the court-mandated videography survey. However, a mosque management committee member disputed the claim, saying the object was part of the water fountain mechanism at the wazookhana reservoir where devotees carry out ablutions before offering namaz.

Meanwhile, sources told News18 that the court-appointed advocate commissioner is unlikely to file a report today. The hearing will take place but advocate commissioner is likely to seek more time for completing the report and subsequently filing it, sources said.

The Varanasi court ordered district magistrate Kaushal Raj Sharma “to seal the area and prohibit the entry of any person to the area.” In its order, the court said the DM, police commissioner and the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) commandant Varanasi will be responsible for the security of the sealed area.