Gyanvapi case: ASI survey will reopen wounds of previous, mosque committee tells SC
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NEW DELHI: Muslim physique Anjuman Intezamia Masjid committee instructed the Supreme Court on Friday the ASI survey on the Gyanvapi mosque intends to enter historical past and can ‘reopen wounds of previous’.
Senior advocate Huzefa Ahmadi, showing for the mosque administration committee, contended earlier than a bench headed by Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud that the train by the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) is ‘digging into historical past’, violating the Places of Worship Act and impinging upon fraternity and secularism.
“You can’t oppose every interlocutory order on the same ground and your objections will be decided during the course of the hearing,” stated the bench, additionally comprising Justices J B Pardiwala and Manoj Misra.
“The ASI survey intends to go into the history as to what happened 500 years ago. It would reopen wounds of the past,” Ahmadi stated voicing displeasure over the survey ordered by the Allahabad High Court.
During the listening to, which is underway, Ahmadi stated the survey violates the Places of Worship (particular provisions) Act, 1991 which prohibited change of character of spiritual locations as they existed in 1947.
The apex court docket is listening to a plea by the mosque committee towards the Allahabad High Court order allowing an ASI survey on the Gyanvapi mosque.
The excessive court docket had on Thursday dismissed a petition filed by the Gyanvapi committee difficult a district court docket order directing the ASI to conduct the survey to find out if the mosque was constructed upon a pre-existing temple.
NEW DELHI: Muslim physique Anjuman Intezamia Masjid committee instructed the Supreme Court on Friday the ASI survey on the Gyanvapi mosque intends to enter historical past and can ‘reopen wounds of previous’.
Senior advocate Huzefa Ahmadi, showing for the mosque administration committee, contended earlier than a bench headed by Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud that the train by the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) is ‘digging into historical past’, violating the Places of Worship Act and impinging upon fraternity and secularism.
“You can’t oppose every interlocutory order on the same ground and your objections will be decided during the course of the hearing,” stated the bench, additionally comprising Justices J B Pardiwala and Manoj Misra.googletag.cmd.push(operate() googletag.show(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); );
“The ASI survey intends to go into the history as to what happened 500 years ago. It would reopen wounds of the past,” Ahmadi stated voicing displeasure over the survey ordered by the Allahabad High Court.
During the listening to, which is underway, Ahmadi stated the survey violates the Places of Worship (particular provisions) Act, 1991 which prohibited change of character of spiritual locations as they existed in 1947.
The apex court docket is listening to a plea by the mosque committee towards the Allahabad High Court order allowing an ASI survey on the Gyanvapi mosque.
The excessive court docket had on Thursday dismissed a petition filed by the Gyanvapi committee difficult a district court docket order directing the ASI to conduct the survey to find out if the mosque was constructed upon a pre-existing temple.
