The Varanasi civil court has issued an order to seal the area and directed the Varanasi District Magistrate to ensure that nobody is allowed to enter the area.
Get latest articles and stories on India at LatestLY. The Vishva Hindu Parishad (VHP) on Thursday hailed a Varanasi court direction for completion of a video survey of the Gyanvapi mosque premises by May 17 and hoped that the "truth" will soon come out. India News | Truth Will Soon Come Out, Says VHP After Varanasi Court s Order on Gyanvapi Mosque.
A court-appointed committee will reach the Kashi Vishwanath-Gyanvapi complex for a survey in Varanasi on Saturday afternoon. On Friday, tension gripped Varanasi after scores of Muslims protested against the videography survey and inspection of the Maa Shringar Gauri Sthal at the Kashi Vishwanath-Gya
Varanasi Court orders ASI probe into Kashi Vishwanath Temple-Gyanvapi Mosque dispute
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The court especially called for the committee so formed to be aware of the “sensitivity of the matter” and hence ensure that stakeholders in the case belonging to both religions are equally respected and no one is treated in a “partisan or preferential” way.
A case is being separately heard by the high court in which the Muslim side had said that the Places of Worship Act applies to the disputed site and bars any alteration to a place of worship as it was on August 15, 1947.