Gyanvapi mosque case: SC defers scientific survey, carbon dating of ‘Shivling’ | India News

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court docket on Friday deferred the ‘scientific survey’, together with carbon courting, of a ‘Shivling’ mentioned to have been discovered on the Gyanvapi mosque complicated in Varanasi throughout a videographic survey final yr.
A bench comprising Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud, Justice PS Narasimha, and Justice KV Viswanathan mentioned the implications of the Allahabad excessive court docket order that allowed carbon courting of the “Shivling” deserves nearer scrutiny and all stakeholders “should tread fastidiously”.
It added that the implementation of the instructions involved within the order shall stand deferred until the subsequent date of listening to.

The SC handed the order in a particular go away petition filed by Anjuman Islamia Masjid committee (which manages Gyanvapi Mosque in Varanasi) towards the Allahabad excessive court docket’s order permitting the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) to carbon date the ‘shivling’.
Will search different technique, SG tells SC
Solicitor Normal of India Tushar Mehta, showing for the state of Uttar Pradesh, agreed to the plea for adjourning the scientific survey in the meanwhile.
He additional expressed considerations concerning harm to the construction through the carbon courting course of.
The SG informed the bench that the Centre and the state of UP “will look at in session with ASI if there’s another technique to establish the age of the ‘Shivling’ discovered at Gyanvapi”.

A plea for a scientific probe of the ‘shivling’ was made earlier earlier than the Varanasi Court docket in September 2022. It was rejected bearing in mind the Supreme Court docket’s order to guard the spot the place the ‘shivling’ was claimed to have been discovered.
(With inputs from businesses)