One-liner: The Supreme Court on Friday refused to grant an interim order of status quo on the survey of the Gyanvapi-Shringar Gauri complex at Varanasi in Uttar Pradesh.
Listing of plea: The top court, however, agreed to consider listing the plea of a Muslim party against the survey of the Gyanvapi premises.
Survey opposed: A bench was told by advocate Huzefa Ahmadi, appearing for the Muslim side in the Gyanvapi mosque case, that a plea has been filed against the survey being conducted at the Varanasi site.
Interdiction: This (Gyanvapi) has been a mosque since time immemorial and this is clearly interdicted by the Places of Worship Act, Ahmadi said.
Plea rejected: A Varanasi local court on Thursday rejected a plea to replace the advocate commissioner it had appointed for a videography survey of the Gyanvapi-Shringar Gauri complex.
Worship of Hindu deities: The local court's May 12 order came on a plea by a group of women seeking permission for daily worship of Hindu deities whose idols are located outside the mosque.
Atmosphere of fear: The judge who delivered the verdict in the Gyanvapi-Shringar Gauri case in Varanasi has said his family was concerned about his safety.
Bottom line: Civil Judge Ravi Kumar Diwakar on Thursday rejected a plea to replace the advocate commissioner the court had appointed for conducting the videography of the Gyanvapi complex here.
Source: PTI