<div><b><span style="font-size: 1rem;">The Supreme Court to take up at 11.15am Gyanvapi mosque management committee's plea against a survey of the mosque by the ASI.</span><br></b></div><div><br></div><div>The Supreme Court on Monday stayed the Varanasi district court order until 5 pm on July 26 allowing scientific excavation of the Gyanvapi mosque complex survey by the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) to ascertain whether the masjid was built over a pre-existing Hindu temple.</div><div><br></div><div>The court requested the Allahabad high court to ensure the matter is taken up on July 26. A bench headed by Chief Justice DY Chandrachud ordered that no invasive work would be undertaken by the ASI to determine if the Gyanvapi mosque located next to the Kashi Vishwanath temple in Varanasi was built upon a temple and agreed to hear a plea moved by the mosque committee during the day.</div><div><br></div><div>The bench took note of the submissions made by senior advocate Huzefa Ahmadi, who appeared in the court on behalf of the mosque committee, that the matter be heard urgently.</div><div><br></div><div>The top court asked Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, who was representing the Uttar Pradesh government, to inform the ASI team that there should not be any "invasive work" or excavation at the site. According to Hindustan Times&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>