The Supreme Court has consented to form a bench to hear an appeal over the protection of the ‘Shivling’ found at the Varanasi Gyanvapi mosque complex at 3 p.m. on Friday.
The CJI-led panel heard the matter from attorney Vishnu S Jain since protection expires on November 12.
The top court, on May 17, had passed an interim order directing protection of the area inside Gyanvapi premises at Varanasi.