A bench of Justices DY Chandrachud and PS Narasimha will hear the plea
On Tuesday, The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear the plea of the management of Gyanvapi mosque against the survey of the Gyanvapi-Shringar Gauri complex in Varanasi in Uttar Pradesh.
As per the information given it mentions that a bench of Justices D Y Chandrachud and P S Narasimha would be hearing the plea of the Committee of Management Anjuman Intezamia Masjid, which manages the affairs of Gyanvapi mosque in Varanasi.
As per the information, The top court will hear the matter amidst an important development with a Varanasi court on Monday directed the district administration there to seal the spot of the survey inside the complex where allegedly ‘shivling' has been found by the surveying team.
The CJI-led bench had agreed to consider listing the plea for hearing.
"Upon being mentioned by Huzefa Ahmadi, senior counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner, we deem it appropriate to direct the Registry to list the matter before the bench presided over by Dr. Justice D Y Chandrachud," the bench, also comprising Justices J K Maheshwari and Hima Kohli had said in its order.
Mr. Ahmadi, appearing for the mosque committee, had told the bench that a plea had been filed against the survey being conducted at the site and had sought an urgent interim order in the case.
"We have filed about a survey which has been directed to be conducted about the Varanasi property. This (Gyanvapi) has been a mosque since time immemorial and this is interdicted by the Places of Worship Act,” the senior advocate had said.
The Muslim side has been referring to the Places of Worship (Special Provisions) Act, 1991 and its Section 4 which bars filing of any suit or initiating any other legal proceeding for a conversion of the religious character of any place of worship, as existing on August 15, 1947.
The district court also appointed two more lawyers to help the advocate commissioner survey the mosque, which is located close to the iconic Kashi Vishwanath temple.
The plea has been taken in the suit that said the mosque is a part of the temple.
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