On November 11 last year, the top court had extended its May 17 order protecting the object found during a survey conducted at the Gyanvapi mosque, which is claimed by some people to be a 'Shivling'. A bench headed by the CJI had ordered that the interim protection shall continue to remain in operation till further orders. The court on May 17 last year had ordered that the object claimed to have been found during the survey of the mosque be protected.
