India, Oct. 29 -- VARANASI The Varanasi district court on Wednesday completed hearing on a plea seeking replacement of a cloth tied over the sealed lock of the wazukhana (ablution area) inside the Gyanvapi mosque complex, and fixed November 10 as date for the order.

The plea was filed on August 8 by advocate Rajesh Mishra, UP government's special counsel for the Shringar Gauri-Gyanvapi case, on behalf of the Varanasi administration. In response, the Anjuman Intezamia Masjid Committee (AIMC), which manages the mosque, raised objections the same month.

During hearings on previous dates, and the one on Wednesday, in the court of district judge Sanjeev Shukla, Mishra reiterated that the torn cloth on the locks needed replacement due to wear...