New Delhi: Muslim physique Anjuman Intezamia Masjid committee instructed the Supreme Court docket on Friday that the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) survey on the Gyanvapi mosque In Uttar Pradesh’s Varanasi intends to enter historical past and can ‘reopen wounds of previous’.
Senior advocate Huzefa Ahmadi, showing for the mosque administration committee, contended earlier than a bench headed by Chief Justice DY Chandrachud that the train by the ASI is ‘digging into historical past’, violating the Locations of Worship Act and impinging upon fraternity and secularism.
“You possibly can’t oppose each interlocutory order on the identical floor and your objections shall be determined through the course of the listening to,” mentioned the bench, additionally comprising Justices J B Pardiwala and Manoj Misra.
“The ASI survey intends to enter the historical past as to what occurred 500 years in the past. It might reopen wounds of the previous,” Ahmadi mentioned voicing displeasure over the survey ordered by the Allahabad Excessive Court docket.
Through the listening to, which is underway, Ahmadi mentioned the survey violates the Locations of Worship (particular provisions) Act, 1991 which prohibited change of character of non secular locations as they existed in 1947.
The apex courtroom is listening to a plea by the mosque committee towards the Allahabad Excessive Court docket order allowing an ASI survey on the Gyanvapi mosque.
The excessive courtroom had on Thursday dismissed a petition filed by the Gyanvapi committee difficult a district courtroom order directing the ASI to conduct the survey to find out if the mosque was constructed upon a pre-existing temple.
Scientific survey of Gyanvapi mosque complicated resumes
Earlier within the day, the ASI resumed its scientific survey of the Gyanvapi premises to find out whether or not the 17th-century mosque was constructed over a pre-existing construction of a Hindu temple.
The survey, which was boycotted by members of the Anjuman Intezamia Masjid committee, started round 7 am. In view of Friday prayers, the survey was halted for 2 hours between 12 pm and a pair of pm.
Further safety personnel have been deployed by the district authorities to make sure regulation and order close to the complicated.
Representatives of the Hindu petitioners within the authorized dispute involving the mosque have been current contained in the complicated through the survey.
The Hindu aspect’s lawyer Madan Mohan Yadav instructed the information company PTI {that a} 43-member ASI group is conducting the survey work.
Yadav mentioned the survey work is prone to proceed for five-six days. He added that in this era the plaintiffs of the case Laxmi Singh, Sita Sahu, Rekha Pathak and Manju Vyas together with their legal professionals shall be current on the spot together with the ASI group.
Rakhi Singh, one other litigant within the case, was not current on Friday for the survey. Nonetheless, her counsel was current.
Syed Mohammad Yasin, secretary of the Anjuman Intezamia Masjid Committee, instructed PTI that the legal professionals of the Muslim aspect didn’t take part within the survey as the choice to conduct the survey has already been challenged within the Supreme Court docket.
“The Excessive Court docket has ordered the ASI to conduct a scientific survey of the Gyanvapi with none demolition. The Anjuman Intazamiya Masjid had appealed towards this order within the Supreme Court docket on Thursday itself, which is to be heard on Friday. We have now knowledgeable the senior officers in Varanasi about this,” he mentioned.
“Our request was that the survey ought to be postponed until the order of the apex courtroom. Our advocate from Delhi had additionally despatched a letter to the identical impact to the officers right here, however after not getting a response, the committee met on Thursday night time and determined to abstain from this survey,” he added.
The mosque stands subsequent to the Kashi Vishwanath temple.
