Varanasi: District judge Ajay Krishna Vishvesha on Thursday ordered to keep all signs and evidence of a Hindu temple being found in the on-going Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) scientific study and survey of Gyanvapi mosque in the custody of the district magistrate or an officer nominated by him. Disposing of three applications moved by Rakhi Singh, the main plaintiff in Shringar Gauri worship case (suit no. 18/2022), he issued the order on the plea seeking preservation of signs and evidence of a Hindu temple, Rakhi Singhs lawyers Saurabh Tiwari and Anupam Dwivedi told TOI.However, the district judge disposed of two other applications seeking restricting the number of namazis in Gyanvapi and also sealing and protecting the areas where Hindu signs and symbols found in the previous advocate commissioner survey and also in the on-going ASI Survey till the disposal of the suit, without making any comment though we presented our objections in detail, said Akhlaque Ahmed, the counsel for Anjuman Intezamia Masajid (the Gyanvapi mosque management committee). We also published the following articles recentlyKeep Hindu signs found in Gyanvapi survey in DM custody, says Varanasi courtThe district judge in Varanasi has ordered that all signs and evidence of a Hindu temple discovered during the ongoing Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) study of the Gyanvapi mosque be kept in the custody of the district magistrate. This decision came in response to a plea seeking the preservation of these artifacts. However, two other applications regarding restrictions on the number of namazis in the mosque and sealing and protecting areas where Hindu signs were found were dismissed. The ASI has been instructed to prepare a list of all the articles found during the survey.Keep Hindu signs found in Gyanvapi survey in custody of DM: Kashi courtThe district judge in Varanasi has ordered that all signs and evidence of a Hindu temple found during the ongoing Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) study of Gyanvapi mosque be kept in the custody of the district magistrate or an officer nominated by him. The court also ordered the ASI to prepare a list of all the articles found during the survey and provide a copy to the court and the district magistrate. Two other applications related to the case were disposed of without comment.Gyanvapi case: Varanasi court grants 4 more weeks to ASI to complete scientific survey of Gyanvapi complexThe Varanasi court has granted the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) an additional four weeks to complete its scientific survey of the Gyanvapi complex in Varanasi. The ASI had initially been given four weeks to complete the survey and submit a report by September 2. The survey aims to determine if the 17th-century mosque was built on the site of a pre-existing Hindu temple. The Supreme Court had previously refused to halt the ASIs investigation.

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