Gyanvapi Mosque case: Verdict on 'Shivling' carbon dating defers till Oct 11

The Varanasi court on Friday deferred to October 11 the hearing on the Hindu sides plea seeking carbon datingscientific investigation of the structure found inside the Gyanvapi Mosque which they claimed to be a ShivlingThe Anjuman Intezamia Committees arguments will be heard by the Varanasi court on October 11 and thereafter the court will pronounce its order on the matterSpeaking to media persons Advocate Vishnu Jain representing the Hindu side in the Gyanvapi case said The court asked us to clarify on two points whether the structure found inside Gyanvapi Masjid is part of this suit property or not Second can the court issue a commission for scientific inquiry We have submitted our replyAdvocate Jain further said that the Muslim side has sought some time to reply The matter will now be heard on October 11The bench of Varanasi District Judge Ajay Krishna Vishwesh delivered the orderAlso read Gyanvapi case Court rejects Anjuman committees plea challenging Hindus rights to worshipWe said that it is part of our suit property and by virtue of Order 26 Rule 10A of CPC the Court has the power to direct scientific investigation Muslim side has sought some time to reply The matter will now be heard on October 11 he addedEarlier on September 29 the court had reserved the order in the Gyanvapi MosqueShringar Gauri case after hearing both sides argumentsThe Hindu side had claimed that a Shivling was found in the premises near the wazukhana during the videography survey of the mosque premises which was ordered by the court However the Muslim side said that the structure found was a fountain The Hindu side had then submitted an application on September 22 that sought a carbon dating of the object they claimed to be ShivlingCarbon dating is a scientific process that ascertains the age of an archaeological object or archaeological findsBesides this case two more cases which could not be heard on Thursday due to the holiday will be heard today First pertaining to the demand from the court to worship the Shivling found in Gyanvapi a case filed on behalf of Shankaracharya Swami AvimukteshwaranandaThe second in connection with the case demanding to hand over the Shivling site found in Gyanvapi to the Hindus Hearing on both applications is to be held in the court of Senior Civil Judge Kumudlata Tripathi todayEarlier on September 29 the Hindu side demanded a scientific investigation of the Shivling by the Archaeological Survey of India ASI and the carbon dating of Argha and the area around itEarlier an appeal had been filed in the Supreme Court challenging the order of the Allahabad High Court which had dismissed a PIL that sought the appointment of a committeecommission under a judge to study the nature of the structure found in the Gyanvapi Mosque VaranasiThe appeal filed by seven devotees sought direction from the Archeological Survey of India ASI to ascertain the nature of the structure found on the Gyanvapi campusThe Allahabad High Court had on July 19 dismissed their plea seeking the appointment of a committeecommission headed by a judge of the High Court or supreme court sittingretired to study the nature of the structure found in the Gyanvapi MosqueThe PIL moved before the High Court seeks direction from a committee to ascertain whether a Shivalinga as claimed by the Hindus had been found inside the mosque or if it is a fountain as claimed by MuslimsThe appeal in the top court stated that the Allahabad High Court had erred in dismissing the pleaOn May 20 the Supreme Court ordered the transfer of the case related to worship at Gyanvapi mosque from the civil judge to the District Judge VaranasiEarlier on September 12 the Varanasi Court had dismissed a plea of Anjuman Islamia Masjid committee challenging the maintainability of the suit filed by five Hindu women seeking worshipping rights in the Gyanvapi mosque compoundThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever