New Delhi: Amid the ongoing conflict of Gyanvapi Mosque, a video related to the site is now going viral on the internet on Saturday. The video is said to be of the basement of the mosque. In the video, one can see a few people are seen involved in a kind of construction activities.
Earlier in the day, Delhi University Professor Ratan Lal was granted bail in case of posting alleged defamatory/inciting material on Facebook related to the religious structure found in Gyanvapi mosque in Varanasi.
However, the professor received the bail after signing a bail bond of Rs. 50,000 a surety bond of like amount.
Notably, the case has already been assigned to the civil judge to the district judge, Varanasi by the Supreme Court on May 20.
During the hearing, the bench suggested that the Gyanvapi mosque case should be heard by District Judge in Varanasi.
A bench of Justices DY Chandrachud, Surya Kant and PS Narasimha ordered that a “senior and experienced” judicial officer of Uttar Pradesh Higher Judicial Service should examine the case.
“A slightly more seasoned and mature hand should hear this case. We are not making aspersion on the trial judge. But more seasoned hand should deal with this case and it will benefit all the parties,” said the bench.
Earlier the bench had directed the concerned District Magistrate in Varanasi to ensure that the Shivling recovered from the Gyanvapi Mosque complex during a survey by court commissioner be protected.
