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SC extends order over protected area at Gyanvapi
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Friday extended indefinitely the protection of a section of Varanasi’s Gyanvapi mosque complex where a “Shivling” was claimed to have been found during a survey.
A bench headed by Chief Justice of India Dhananjaya Y Chandrachud allowed the plea moved by some of the Hindu women who filed a suit before the Varanasi civil court seeking permission to worship at the Gyanvapi mosque, in view of the interim order of protection expiring on
November 12. “We direct that pending further orders, interim order dated May 17, which was extended on May 20, shall continue to remain in operation,” said the bench, which also included justices Surya Kant and PS Narasimha.
The court recorded that there was no objection to the extension of the protection order from the mosque management committee. During the brief hearing, the bench permitted the Hindu parties to move an application before the Varanasi district judge for consolidation of all the lawsuits filed on the Gyanvapi