Varanasi: In this May, 2022 file photo, the Gyanvapi Mosque after its survey by a commission, in Varanasi. The district court in Varanasi on Friday, Oct. 14, 2022, rejected Hindu side's demand seeking carbon dating and scientific investigation of 'Shivling' in the mosque complex. (PTI Photo)
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.
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