Varanasi, Dec. 4 -- The Varanasi district court on Wednesday set December 15 after hearing on a plea seeking the replacement of the cloth tied over the sealed lock of the wazukhana (ablution area) inside the Gyanvapi mosque complex in Varanasi.

Advocate Akhlaque Ahmad, counsel for the Anzuman Intezamia Masajid Committee (AIMC), which manages the Gyanvapi Mosque, said that the court fixed December 15 as the date for its order.

Opposing the plea, Ahmed reiterated his argument that the wazukhana was sealed by an order of the Supreme Court and, therefore, only the apex court could pass directions on the matter. He also presented a copy of the order passed in the writ petition (civil) Ashwini Kumar Upadhyaya Versus Union of India and others ...