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The Varanasi district court on Monday granted the Archaeological Survey of India one more week to file its report regarding the survey of the Gyanvapi mosque, setting aside December 18 as the next hearing date...
However, with the superintendent archaeologist Avinash Mohanty being unwell and thus unable to present the report in the court, an application was moved seeking another week's extension..
The Allahabad High Court had in August given its nod to a scientific investigation/survey of the mosque in Varanasi to ascertain whether it has been built over a pre-existing structure of a Hindu temple, observing that the survey was "necessary in the interest of justice" and shall benefit both parties involved in the matter..
