A bench of Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud and justices P S Narasimha and J B Pardiwala was listening to the plea after paying attention to the submissions of senior advocate Huzefa Ahmadi, representing the Gyanvapi mosque administration committee.

The apex courtroom issued notices to the Centre, the Uttar Pradesh authorities and the Hindu petitioners on the mosque panel’s plea in opposition to the excessive courtroom order. “Since the implications of the impugned order merit closer scrutiny, the implementation of the directions concerned in the order shall stand deferred till the next date,” the bench mentioned.

The Centre and the Uttar Pradesh authorities each agreed to the plea for adjourning the proposed scientific survey of “Shivling” in the meanwhile.

Setting apart a decrease courtroom order, the Allahabad High Court on May 12 had directed for a “scientific survey”, together with carbon courting, of a “Shivling” mentioned to have been discovered on the Gyanvapi mosque complicated in Varanasi throughout a videographic survey final 12 months.

During the survey, a construction — claimed to be a “Shivling” by the Hindu facet and a “fountain” by the Muslim facet — was discovered within the mosque premises on May 16 final 12 months.

After the Varanasi District Judge rejected their utility for a scientific survey and carbon courting of the “Shivling” on October 14, 2022, petitioners Laxmi Devi and three others filed a plea within the High Court, difficult the order.

(With inputs from PTI)