![Allahabad HC, Gyanvapi mosque](http://media.assettype.com/barandbench%2F2023-01%2F04f4dac7-97c9-499b-9e88-1215454ec643%2F03.jpg?w=480&auto=format%2Ccompress&fit=max)
The Allahabad High Court recently held that scientific investigation to ascertain whether the object found during the survey of the Gyanvapi Mosque premises is a Shiva linga or a fountain, can be done without damaging the object [Laxmi Devi v State of UP].