Shivani Thakur
Published on: May 8, 2022 at 13:34 IST
A Survey of the Gyanvapi Mosque in Varanasi by the Local Court-appointed Advocate Commissioner and his team could not conduct on Saturday as lawyers of the Masjid Committee, which manages the mosque, opposed the exercise in Court.
The Committee filed a Petition in the Court of Civil Judge Ravi Kumar Diwakar, urging him to replace Kumar.
After hearing the matter, the Court order both, Plaintiff and the Advocate Commissioner to present their arguments on May 9.
The Lawyer of the Mosque Committee said that, “We filed a Petition in the court of the Civil Judge, urging the Court to remove or replace Advocate commissioner Ajay Kumar with a Senior Lawyer because he conducted the Proceeding of the survey as per the wishes of the Advocates of the Petitioners”.
SM Yasin, joint secretary of the Anjuman Intezamia Masjid Committee, had on April 30 said no one would be allowed to enter the mosque for the survey.
When Advocate Commissioner and his team arrived for the survey, a crowd gathered outside the Kashi Vishwanath-Gyanvapi complex and shouted slogans. Police dispersed the crowd and took one person into Custody. On Friday, too, protests were held outside the location.
The Lawyer representing the Mosque Committee had expressed dissatisfaction with the way the survey was done on Friday and had said he would move Court on Saturday.