Varanasi's seniormost judge will hear the Gyanvapi case today, days after ruling that a plea by five Hindu women to pray year-long at a shrine inside the Gyanvapi mosque in Varanasi, next to the famous Kashi Viswanath temple, is valid. The Muslim petitioners have filed an application seeking eight weeks to prepare for the case before it is heard further. The lawyers for the Hindu women say they will ask for a fresh survey at the mosque by the Archaeological Survey of India.
