Energy: Gyanvapi survey to go on in non-invasive way: Supreme court | India News – Times of India

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Friday permitted the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) to carry out a non-invasive scientific survey of Gyanvapi mosque in Varanasi using photography, GPR survey and radar imaging technology after the ASI assured the court that “no damage to the wall or structure” would be caused during the examination to be conducted in response to the plea of Hindu worshippers who have maintained that the mosque was constructed on the site of the iconic Kashi Vishwanath temple.

“There is no ground to interfere with the interlocutory order passed by the HC (permitting the survey),” a bench of Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud and Justices J B Pardiwala and Manoj Mishra said as it dismissed the challenge of the Gyanvapi mosque management committee to the Varanasi district judge’s July 21 order, upheld by Allahabad HC on Thursday, to let ASI carry out the survey.