The Allahabad High Court postponed its hearing to April 15, 2025, on a petition that seeks to have the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) conduct further surveys at the Gyanvapi mosque located in Varanasi. The decision to adjourn the hearing comes in compliance with a Supreme Court directive that currently restricts courts across the country from issuing orders regarding disputes over religious sites.
Justice Rohit Ranjan Agarwal issued the adjournment during a session concerning a civil revision petition filed by Rakhi Singh, who is also a plaintiff in a related case before the Varanasi court. Singh’s petition challenges an earlier decision dated October 21, 2023, by the Varanasi district judge, which declined a request for the ASI to perform a survey of the mosque’s Wazukhana area, excluding the area where a ‘Shiva Linga’ is purportedly located.
The matter is intricately linked to ongoing proceedings before the Supreme Court, scheduled for a hearing in the first week of April 2025. Given the overarching judicial directive and the pending Supreme Court review, the Allahabad High Court opted to postpone further deliberations until mid-April.
