Protect Gyanvapi ‘Shivling’ Till Further Notice: SC

New Delhi: Supreme Court, on Friday (November 11, 2022) extended its previous order for the protection of ‘Shivling’ discovered at the premises of Gyanvapi Mosque in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh till further notice.

A three-member bench led by Chief Justice DY Chandrachud directed the Hindu parties to file their replies on the appeal filed by the management committee of the Anjuman Intezamia Masjid challenging the Allahabad High Court order on the appointment of a survey commissioner within three weeks.

The bench allowed the Hindu parties to move an application before the Varanasi district judge for consolidation of all the lawsuits filed on the Gyanvapi row.

It also On May 17, the top court passed an interim order for the protection of the area inside the Gyanvapi-Shringar Gauri complex where the ‘Shivling’ was said to be found.