Varanasi, 02 September: The Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) has sought eight weeks more time to file its survey report of the Gyanvapi complex in the court. There will be a hearing in the court on September 8 on the application of the ASI.
Earlier, the court had given time till September 02 to the ASI to file the survey report. After this period ended today, the ASI demanded more time by giving an application in the court of Additional District Water (First) Sanjeev Sinha of Varanasi. Due to the death of an advocate, the court did not hear it. Now this case will be heard on 08 September.
On behalf of the ASI, the Central Government’s Standing Counsel Amit Srivastava filed the application in the court along with Vadini’s advocate Subhash Nandan Chaturvedi and advocate Sohanlal Arya. According to Vishnu Jain, senior advocate of the plaintiff Hindu side, there is talk in the court about increasing the time of ASI’s survey. For how many days it will be extended will be decided by the court only.
It may be noted that the District Judge’s court had ordered to conduct a survey of the entire Gyanvapi campus, except the sealed warehouse, and submit its report by September 2. SSI team has been conducting the survey since August 4. GPR technology is also being used in the survey. The ASI team also conducted a survey in the campus on Saturday.
