<p>In an unusual coincidence, the two judges of a Supreme Court bench hearing a plea against the survey of the Gyanvapi-Shringar Gauri complex in Varanasi have had an association with a similar kind of dispute relating to the Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri masjid issue as well.</p>.<p>A bench comprising justices D Y Chandrachud and P S Narasimha Tuesday directed the district Magistrate of Varanasi to ensure protection of the area inside the Gyanvapi-Shringar Gauri complex where a 'Shivling' is said to be found in the survey and allowed Muslims to offer namaz and perform "religious observances".</p>.<p>The committee has sought a stay of the Varanasi civil court-mandated survey.</p>.<p>Justice Chandrachud is hearing a case involving a temple-mosque dispute for the second time.</p>.<p>He was part of a five-judge constitution bench headed by the then CJI Ranjan Gogoi which on November 9 had cleared the way for the construction of a Ram temple at the disputed site at Ayodhya, and had directed the Centre to allot a 5-acre plot to the Sunni Waqf Board for building a mosque.</p>.<p>Justice Narasimha, before becoming a judge of the top court, was associated with the case as a senior lawyer, who appeared for the Hindu side in the Ayodhya case.</p>.<p>He had argued before the constitution bench for Rajendra Singh, the survivor of Gopal Singh Visharad, in the case.</p>.<p>Visharad had first approached the court in 1950 for a declaration that he is "entitled to offer worship without any obstruction according to the rites and tenets of his religion at the birthplace of Lord Shri Ram Chandra". </p>
<p>In an unusual coincidence, the two judges of a Supreme Court bench hearing a plea against the survey of the Gyanvapi-Shringar Gauri complex in Varanasi have had an association with a similar kind of dispute relating to the Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri masjid issue as well.</p>.<p>A bench comprising justices D Y Chandrachud and P S Narasimha Tuesday directed the district Magistrate of Varanasi to ensure protection of the area inside the Gyanvapi-Shringar Gauri complex where a 'Shivling' is said to be found in the survey and allowed Muslims to offer namaz and perform "religious observances".</p>.<p>The committee has sought a stay of the Varanasi civil court-mandated survey.</p>.<p>Justice Chandrachud is hearing a case involving a temple-mosque dispute for the second time.</p>.<p>He was part of a five-judge constitution bench headed by the then CJI Ranjan Gogoi which on November 9 had cleared the way for the construction of a Ram temple at the disputed site at Ayodhya, and had directed the Centre to allot a 5-acre plot to the Sunni Waqf Board for building a mosque.</p>.<p>Justice Narasimha, before becoming a judge of the top court, was associated with the case as a senior lawyer, who appeared for the Hindu side in the Ayodhya case.</p>.<p>He had argued before the constitution bench for Rajendra Singh, the survivor of Gopal Singh Visharad, in the case.</p>.<p>Visharad had first approached the court in 1950 for a declaration that he is "entitled to offer worship without any obstruction according to the rites and tenets of his religion at the birthplace of Lord Shri Ram Chandra". </p>