Supreme Court refused to stop the scientific survey. ASI conducted a comprehensive survey of the Gyan Vapi complex on the 2nd day at Varanasi in Uttar Pradesh. Representative of Anjuman Intezamia Masjid Committee accompanying team.
Hindu activists claim that a temple existed earlier at the site of a mosque, which was demolished in the 17th century on the order of Mughal emperor Aurangzeb. The senior advocate Huzefa Ahmadi on behalf of the Anjuman Intezamia Masjid Committee, contented before the bench headed by CJI Y.D. Chandrachud that this survey is digging into history and violating of Places of Worship Act.
The Bench of Honorable Judges directed that only non-invasive methods are to be used in the survey and no excavation or destruction of any part of the structure.