Gyanvapi Case

Varanasi court gives additional time to ASI to complete scientific survey of Gyanvapi mosque complex

ASI now has time till November 17 to conclude its survey and submit the corresponding report on Gyanvpi mosque

Gyanvapi case: Varanasi court to hear petitions from Hindu side today

The Hindu side has demanded an evidence room to preserve the 'evidence' collected during the ASI survey, in addition to reserving the Gyanvapi mosque premises, according to a report

Gyanvapi management opposes ASI plea for more time to complete mosque survey

The Varanasi district court had on July 21 directed the ASI to conduct a "detailed scientific survey" -- including excavations, wherever necessary -- to determine if the Gyanvapi mosque located next to the Kashi Vishwanath temple is built upon a temple.

Why the word spolia hides a multitude of humiliations

In most cases, the spolia used by idol-breaking armies are not as evident as, say, at the Quwwat ul Islam mosque and certainly Gyanvapi. When, if at all, will India’s historians and intelligentsia call a spade a spade?

ASI team begins work on scientific survey of Gyanvapi mosque complex in UP's Varanasi

The Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) on Friday began working on a scientific survey of the Gyanvapi premises in Varanasi to determine whether the 17th-century mosque was constructed over a pre-existing structure of a Hindu temple

Gyanvapi: What is the ASI’s scientific survey that Allahabad High Court has now allowed?

The Allahabad High Court has dismissed the Muslim side’s petition, allowing for the Archaeological Survey of India’s scientific survey at the Gyanvapi Mosque premises. The investigation will include the use of Ground Penetrating Radar and carbon dating at the disputed religious site

Gyanvapi case: Allahabad HC allows ASI survey of mosque complex in Varanasi

Vishnu Shankar Jain, representing the Hindu side in the case, said the ASI survey of the mosque complex will start soon

Allahabad High Court dismisses Gyanvapi mosque committee's plea challenging Varanasi court order

The High Court dismissed a civil revision plea moved by AIMC that has challenged a Varanasi Court order dismissing its objection to the maintainability of Hindu Worshippers' suit seeking permission to regularly worship Shringar Gauri and other deities inside the Gyanvapi Mosque compound

Gyanvapi case: Varanasi court dismisses Muslim's side plea, defers hearing till 2 December

The Varanasi Fast Track court was hearing the petition on the plea seeking worship rights of the 'Shivling' that the Hindu side claimed to be found on the Gyanvapi mosque premises

SC to hear Gyanvapi mosque case on Friday, day before protection order of 'Shivling' ends

CJI DY Chandrachud has agreed to constitute a new bench on Friday after an urgent hearing of the case was made by Advocate Vishnu Shankar Jain, who is representing five Hindu women demanding the right to regularly worship deities in the complex