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Kashi mosque row: Allahabad HC stays Varanasi court's ASI survey order

The Allahabad High Court on Thursday put a stay on Varanasi civil court's order directing the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) to conduct a comprehensive physical survey of the Gyanvapi mosque compound adjacent to the Kashi Vishwanath Temple in Uttar Pradesh.

The masjid committee in its petition in the Allahabad HC has levelled allegation of ignoring the order of the Place of Worship (Special Provisions) Act 1991 in the petition.

According to the 1991 Place of Worship Act, any place of worship that existed prior to 15 August 1947 cannot be turned into another shrine.

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