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The Times of India
The Times of India
National
Rajeev Dikshit | TNN

Uttar Pradesh: Court verdict on carbon dating of 'shivling' in Gyanvapi case on Oct 14

VARANASI: The Varanasi district judge court on Tuesday fixed October 14 as the date to deliver its order on the demand of four women plaintiffs, seeking court intervention for carbon dating of the purported ‘shivling' claimed to have been found in the ablution pond of the mosque during court commission survey on May 16.

During the court hearing on Tuesday, Anjuman Intezamia Masajid — the Gyanvapi mosque management committee — strongly opposed the demand of carbon dating and scientific investigation of the ‘shivling’. The AIM lawyers stated in the court that as “the Supreme Court’s order of May 17 to protect it is prevalent, such structure can’t be disturbed”.

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