A district court hearing the Gyanvapi mosque-Shringar Gauri complex case here gave the Anjuman Intezamia Masjid Committee time till August 18 to file its response in the case.

The Muslim side had sought 15 days' time to present its response to the Hindu petitioners' arguments as their main advocate had died of heart failure a few days ago, according to Madan Mohan Yadav, the lawyer representing the Hindu side in the case.