A local court in Varanasi on Thursday, 12 May, delivered its verdict regarding the inspection of the Gyanvapi mosque complex located near the Kashi Vishwanath temple and decided that the mosque's videography will continue.
The court had, in April this year, ordered a video inspection of the site after five women affiliated with the right-wing group Vishwa Vedic Sanatan Sangh filed petitions saying they were entitled to have daily darshan, pooja, and perform rituals at the site of Maa Shringar Gauri, Lord Ganesh, Lord Hanuman, and other “visible and invisible deities within old temple complex”.
The court also decided that Ajay Kumar Mishra, the commissioner overseeing the survey, will not be removed.
"In any case, the survey work won't be stopped whether parties cooperate or they do not," the court observed.
Further, the court has asked the survey report to be submitted by 17 May.
Meanwhile, Advocate Madan Mohan Yadav, representing the Hindu petitioners in court, informed that two more lawyers have been appointed as commissioners to accompany the court commissioner Ajay Mishra for the survey.