Supreme Court allowed the cleaning of the 'wazukhana' inside the disputed Gyanvapi mosque where the ‘Shivling’ was found on May 16, 2022, during a court-mandated survey.
In March 2002, during the post-Godhra riots, Bano was allegedly gang-raped and left to die with 14 members of her family, including her three-year-old daughter.
The Supreme Court deemed the observations by the Calcutta High Court as 'problematic' and also questioned the legal principles involved in the judgment.