Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh): The Sunni Waqf Board will approach the UP High Court challenging the decision of the Civil Court regarding the Gyanvapi Mosque issue. Earlier, the Civil Court having accepted the Archaeological Survey of India's application in the long-running case, entrusted the responsibility of the entire case to the Central Government and issued orders for conducting an archaeological survey in the case by forming a team of five people. The Court had instructed the government to bear the expenses.
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UP Sunni Central Waqf Board Chairman Zufar Ahmad Farooqui said that their understanding of the case is clear and that the matter is barred by the Places of Worship (Special Provisions) Act, 1991. It may be noted that the worship act had been upheld by a 5 Judge Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court during the Ayodhya judgment. The status of the Gyanvapi mosque is beyond question, the UP Sunni Central Waqf Board Chairman said, adding that legally the order of survey is not proper as technical evidence can only fulfil some basic facts.
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In this case, no evidence has been presented beforehand saying that there was a pre-existing temple at the site of the mosque. Even in the Ayodhya verdict, ASI's excavations were of no avail. The ASI did not find evidence that the Babri Masjid was built on the demolition of a temple.
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Even, the Supreme Court had specifically observed that there was no such evidence.
