<span style="color: #222222;">In a significant order, the Varanasi Court has rejected a plea moved by the Hindu worshippers seeking a scientific investigation into 'Shiva Linga', reportedly found inside the Gyanvapi Mosque premises. The Court rejected the plea in view of the Supreme Court's order to protect the spot where a "shiv ling" was claimed to have been found during the survey of the Gyanvapi mosque.<br />''<br />''Varanasi Court remarked that  If Carbon Dating or Ground Penetrating Radar is permitted and if any damage is caused to the 'Shiva Linga' then it would be a violation of the Supreme Court order to protect it and it might also hurt the religious sentiments of the general public,"</span><br />