Today, the division bench of the Allahabad High Court comprising, Chief Justice Pritinker Diwaker and Justice Ashutosh Srivastava has rejected a PIL seeking ban  on entry of Non-Hindus 

Further,  Allahabad HC allowed the withdrawal of the Public Interest Litigation seeking a direction to the State Government to seal the entire Gyanvapi mosque.

The petitioner, in its PIL requested to seal the entire premises without contradicing the orders of the Varanasi Court.

Side-by-side, the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) continued its scientific survey of the Gyanvapi complex for the fifth day on Tuesday.

The survey of the dome has not been completed yet. 

The ‘Tahkhana’ of the dome is also being surveyed. Without removing the rubble, photography and videography are not possible. The survey is being conducted amid heavy security.

The survey was being conducted after the orders of the Allahbad High Court  allowed the ASI to conduct the survey, to determine if the 17-th century mosque was constructed over a pre-exisiting structure of a Hindu temple.

Earlier, the Allahabad High Court rejected the plea filed by Anjuman Intezamia Masjid Committee. The plea had challenged the orders of the Varanasi court order allowing the ASI to conduct a scientific survey of the Gyanvapi mosque premises.