The Anjuman Intazamia Mosque Committee, which manages the Gyanvapi mosque in Varanasi, on Thursday approached the Supreme Court within hours of the Allahabad High Court giving the Archaeological Survey India (ASI) the green signal to conduct an “investigation” of the premises.
The committee, represented by advocate Fuzail Ayyubi, said the religious character of the premises has remained a mosque since Independence.
The petition said any “findings” made in the survey would be rendered “nugatory and irrelevant” as the site was protected under the Places of Worship (Special Provisions) Act, 1991.
