Archive · 12 Jan 2026
Allahabad HC Schedules Gyanvapi Mosque Hearing
The Allahabad High Court has set February 3 as the next date to hear a case about the Gyanvapi mosque in Varanasi.
A woman named Rakhi Singh wants the court to allow a scientific survey of a specific area of the mosque.
The lower court had said no to this survey, and the Supreme Court has said no new orders can be made until further notice.
The High Court is now looking at whether the lower court made the right decision.
Allahabad High Court sets February 3 for hearing in Gyanvapi mosque dispute case.
Petition seeks a scientific survey by ASI of the ablution area, excluding the Shivling.
Rakhi Singh challenges Varanasi Civil Court’s decision refusing ASI survey permission.
Single bench court of Justice Rohit Ranjan Agarwal is hearing the case.
Supreme Court’s interim order prevents courts from passing any effective interim or final orders.
- Who
- Rakhi Singh, a party in the Shringar Gauri case
- What
- Hearing in the Gyanvapi mosque dispute case
- When
- February 3
- Where
- Allahabad High Court
- Why
- To challenge the Varanasi Civil Court’s decision refusing permission for a scientific survey by the ASI
- Date of Hearing
- February 3
- Petitioner
- Rakhi Singh
- Court
- Allahabad High Court
- Area in Dispute
- Ablution area (wazu khana) of Gyanvapi complex
- Challenged Decision
- Varanasi Civil Court's decision of October 21, 2023
- Supreme Court's Order
- Prevents courts from passing any effective interim or final orders, including orders for a survey