Provisions and Exemptions: Explained
2 years, 7 months ago

Provisions and Exemptions: Explained

Op India  

The disputed structure of Gyanvapi Masjid in Varanasi, which stands on top of the original Kashi Vishwanath Mandir, is now at the centre of a major controversy. Besides, the law exempts any place of worship, which is an ancient and historical monument or an archaeological site covered by the Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Sites and Remains Act, 1958. One of the pertinent exemptions to the Places of Worship Act is if the site falls under the Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Sites and Remains Act, 1958. According to the Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Sites and Remains Act, 1958, an “ancient monument” is “any structure, erection or monument, or any tumulus or place of interment, or any cave, rock-sculpture, inscription or monolith, which is of historical, archaeological or artistic interest and which has been in existence for not less than one hundred years.” As per the above definition, any monument or place of worship that is more than 100 years old could be deemed as an ancient monument under the law, and thus automatically becomes exempt from the Places of Worship Act. Thus, if the ASI survey finds the existence of a Hindu temple structure inside the Gyanvapi compound, which would naturally be more than 100 years old, it could be declared as an ancient monument under the Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Sites and Remains Act, 1958, and therefore, exempt from the Places of Worship Act.

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Supreme Court tags Asaduddin’s petition on Places of Worship Act for hearing
1 week, 1 day ago

Supreme Court tags Asaduddin’s petition on Places of Worship Act for hearing

The Hindu  

Hyderabad Member of Parliament Asaduddin Owaisi announced that his petition regarding the enforcement of the Places of Worship Act, 1991, has been tagged by the Supreme Court of India. Taking to social media on Thursday, Mr. Owaisi stated, “I had submitted a petition to the Supreme Court seeking enforcement of the Places of Worship Act, 1991. I hope that the …

Places Of Worship Act| MP Owaisi Moves Supreme Court Seeking To Restrain Courts From Passing Hasty Orders In Mandir-Masjid Suits
1 week, 2 days ago

Places Of Worship Act| MP Owaisi Moves Supreme Court Seeking To Restrain Courts From Passing Hasty Orders In Mandir-Masjid Suits

Live Law  

Member of Parliament and President of All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen Asaduddin Owaisi has filed a Public Interest Litigation before the Supreme Court, seeking to enforce the Places of Worship Act 1991. The petition Member of Parliament and President of All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen Asaduddin Owaisi has filed a Public Interest Litigation before the Supreme Court, seeking to enforce the Places …

It is for historians to dig for tell-tale remains, not bigots
3 weeks ago

It is for historians to dig for tell-tale remains, not bigots

The Hindu  

Normally, digging at historic sites is done by an archaeologist and historians in search of a lost civilisation or an ancient city or some signs of mythological events. It declares that the religious character of a place of worship existing on the 15th day of August 1947, shall continue to be the same as it existed on that day. The …

Gyanvapi, Sambhal & more: The mandir-masjid suits that will be impacted by SC order on Places of Worship Act
4 weeks, 1 day ago

Gyanvapi, Sambhal & more: The mandir-masjid suits that will be impacted by SC order on Places of Worship Act

Firstpost  

The Supreme Court has asked all courts to stop ordering surveys of contested religious places until further directions. Last year, upholding the maintainability of the suit filed by the five Hindu devotees, Varanasi’s Court of the District and Sessions Judge directed a survey by the Archaeological Survey of India. Notably, in May 2022, while hearing an appeal against the Varanasi …

India’s top court hits pause button on temple-mosque surveys under Places of Worship Act
4 weeks, 1 day ago

India’s top court hits pause button on temple-mosque surveys under Places of Worship Act

Firstpost  

The Places of Worship Act of 1991 stipulates that any place of worship will not be subjected to a character change and that its nature shall be maintained as it was on August 15, 1947 The Supreme Court on Thursday ordered civil courts across the country not to register lawsuits challenging the ownership and title of places of worship under …

Places of Worship Act: 'No fresh suit to be filed', what did Supreme Court say?
Trending News
4 weeks, 1 day ago

Places of Worship Act: 'No fresh suit to be filed', what did Supreme Court say?

India TV News  

Places of Worship Act 1991: The Supreme Court today asked the Centre to file an affidavit in a batch of petitions challenging certain provisions of the Places of Worship Act, 1991, that prohibit the filing of a lawsuit to reclaim a place of worship or seek a change in its character from what prevailed on August 15, 1947. The Supreme …

Supreme Court to hear petitions on constitutionality of Places of Worship Act today
4 weeks, 2 days ago

Supreme Court to hear petitions on constitutionality of Places of Worship Act today

Hindustan Times  

The Supreme Court of India is set to hear a batch of petitions on Thursday, challenging the constitutionality of certain provisions in the Places of Worship Act, 1991. The pleas challenged the Places of Worship Act saying that the Act takes away the rights of Hindus, Jains, Buddhists, and Sikhs to restore their 'places of worship and pilgrimages', destroyed by …

'Implementation Of Places of Worship Act Could've Prevented Sambhal Incident': Muslim League Seeks Intervention In Supreme Court
4 weeks, 2 days ago

'Implementation Of Places of Worship Act Could've Prevented Sambhal Incident': Muslim League Seeks Intervention In Supreme Court

Live Law  

The Indian Union Muslim League and Lok Sabha MP ET Muhammed Basheer have filed an intervention application before the Supreme Court in the pleas challenging validity of the Places of Worship Act, 1991. It is further asserted that by maintaining the sanctity of places of worship as they existed in 1947, the Act plays a critical role in fostering unity, …

'Places Of Worship Act Necessary To Preserve Nation's Secular Character' : RJD MP Manoj Jha Files Intervention In Supreme Court
1 month ago

'Places Of Worship Act Necessary To Preserve Nation's Secular Character' : RJD MP Manoj Jha Files Intervention In Supreme Court

Live Law  

Manoj Kumar Jha, Member of Rajya Sabha belonging to RJD, has filed an intervention before the Supreme Court in the pleas challenging the validity of the Places of Worship Act 1991.The application, filed through Advocate-on-Record Fauzia Shakil, states that the 1991 Act is not in contravention of any of the fundamental rights under Part III of the Constitution and in …

CPM approaches Supreme Court, opposes pleas challenging Places of Worship Act
1 month ago

CPM approaches Supreme Court, opposes pleas challenging Places of Worship Act

India Today  

The Communist Party of India has approached the Supreme Court seeking to intervene in the pleas challenging the validity of the Places of Worship Act, 1991, which mandates maintaining the status quo of all places of worship as existed on August 15, 1947. It was precisely to obviate the possibility of similar religious strife over various places of worship in …

Pleas over character of places of worship dot U.P.’s legal landscape
1 month ago

Pleas over character of places of worship dot U.P.’s legal landscape

Hindustan Times  

A special bench of the Supreme Court headed by Chief Justice of India Sanjiv Khanna will on December 12 hear a raft of pleas challenging the Places of Worship Act, 1991. Sambhal, Shahi Jama Masjid Supreme Court advocate Vishnu Shankar Jain on November 19 filed a petition in a local court in Sambhal, seeking a survey of the town’s Shahi …

Pleas over character of places of worship dot UP’s legal landscape
1 month ago

Pleas over character of places of worship dot UP’s legal landscape

Hindustan Times  

A special bench of the Supreme Court headed by Chief Justice of India Sanjiv Khanna will on December 12 hear a raft of pleas challenging the Places of Worship Act, 1991. SAMBHAL, SHAHI JAMA MASJID Supreme Court advocate Vishnu Shankar Jain on November 19 filed a petition in a local court in Sambhal, seeking a survey of the town’s Shahi …

SC's special bench to hear pleas challenging Places of Worship Act on 12 December
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1 month ago

SC's special bench to hear pleas challenging Places of Worship Act on 12 December

Op India  

The Supreme Court of India is set to hear a batch of petitions on December 12, challenging the constitutionality of certain provisions in the Places of Worship Act, 1991. The pleas challenged the Places of Worship Act saying that the Act takes away the rights of Hindus, Jains, Buddhists, and Sikhs to restore their ‘places of worship and pilgrimages’, destroyed …

Chief Justice sets up special bench to hear challenges to Places of Worship Act
1 month ago

Chief Justice sets up special bench to hear challenges to Places of Worship Act

India Today  

A three-judge bench of the Supreme Court is set to hear a batch of pleas on December 12 challenging the validity of the Places of Worship Act, which mandates maintaining the status quo of all places of worship as existed on August 15, 1947. The Chief Justice of India, Sanjiv Khanna, has constituted a special three-judge bench--comprising himself, Justice Sanjay …

Gyanvapi Mosque committee opposes petitions challenging validity of Places of Worship Act
1 month ago

Gyanvapi Mosque committee opposes petitions challenging validity of Places of Worship Act

The Hindu  

Rhetorical claims cannot be grounds for challenging the validity of a legislative enactment like the Places of Worship Act of 1991, the Gyanvapi mosque management has argued in the Supreme Court. The Gynavapi mosque management referred to how the Constitution Bench in the Ayodhya judgment had unequivocally held that the Supreme Court cannot entertain claims that stem from the actions …

'Consequences Of Striking Down Places Of Worship Act Bound To Be Drastic' : Gyanvapi Mosque Committee To Supreme Court
1 month ago

'Consequences Of Striking Down Places Of Worship Act Bound To Be Drastic' : Gyanvapi Mosque Committee To Supreme Court

Live Law  

The Managing Committee of the Gyanvapi Mosque has filed an intervention before the Supreme Court in the pleas challenging the validity of the Places of Worship Act 1991. In the intervention application, the Managing Committee stated that it was a key stakeholder in the legal deliberation since several suits have been filed claiming the removal of the mosque despite the …

Places of Worship Act and the Challenges to Secularism in India
1 month ago

Places of Worship Act and the Challenges to Secularism in India

The Hindu  

Published : Dec 05, 2024 11:41 IST - 3 MINS READ When the Supreme Court passed its judgment in the Babri Masjid-Ramjanmabhoomi case in 2019, it emphasised the importance of the Places of Worship Act, 1991, observing that the state had through the law carried out its constitutional obligations to uphold secularism and the equality of all religions. However, it …

Exclusive: Gyanvapi mosque panel seeks intervention in pleas against 1991 Act
1 month ago

Exclusive: Gyanvapi mosque panel seeks intervention in pleas against 1991 Act

India Today  

The committee managing the Gyanvapi Mosque has moved the Supreme Court seeking intervention in pleas challenging the validity of the Places of Worship Act, 1991. The Committee of Management Anjuman Intezamia Masjid, Varanasi, filed an intervention application in the court, stating that the mosque has been made the subject of multiple suits and the committee is therefore a crucial stakeholder …

The salience of the Places of Worship Act and the Gyanvapi precedent
1 month, 1 week ago

The salience of the Places of Worship Act and the Gyanvapi precedent

The Hindu  

A suit filed against the Shahi Jama Masjid in Sambhal district, Uttar Pradesh, in which the trial court hastily issued an ex-parte order permitting a survey of the mosque triggered violence on November 24, resulting in the death of four persons. Experts have however flagged that such suits constitute a violation of the Places of Worship Act, 1991, which freezes …

DC Edit | SC halting Sambhal survey sets a welcome precedent
1 month, 1 week ago

DC Edit | SC halting Sambhal survey sets a welcome precedent

Deccan Chronicle  

It’s time the charade of surveys a section of Hindutva peddlers is using to undermine the citizen’s fundamental right to freedom of religion, which are otherwise guaranteed by Articles 25 and 26 of the Constitution, is halted with immediate effect. And honouring the order of the Supreme Court last week asking the advocate commissioner to keep aside his findings of …

Court notice on Ajmer dargah plea sparks sharp reactions in political, religious circles
1 month, 1 week ago

Court notice on Ajmer dargah plea sparks sharp reactions in political, religious circles

The Hindu  

A day after a civil court in Ajmer issued notices on a suit claiming that a Lord Shiva temple existed at the site of the 13th Century dargah of Sufi mystic Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti, political and religious leaders across the country reacted sharply on the issue on Thursday. While there was no official reaction from the Dargah Committee – a …

Making of a flash point in Sambhal
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Making of a flash point in Sambhal

Hindustan Times  

The four deaths in Sambhal, a city near Meerut, after Uttar Pradesh police clashed with protesters on Sunday during the survey of a mosque believed to have been constructed in the 16th century is the fallout of a polarising political build-up centred on religious sites and its tacit indulgence by the judiciary. In Sambhal, a local civil court ordered a …

Court-ordered survey in Sambhal Jama Masjid: How TheWire's Arfa and other Islamo-leftists are misleading about the Places of Worship Act
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Court-ordered survey in Sambhal Jama Masjid: How TheWire's Arfa and other Islamo-leftists are misleading about the Places of Worship Act

Op India  

The veneer of ‘secularism’ and ‘brotherhood’ falls off from the face of left-liberal-Islamist coterie the moment Hindus attempt to reclaim their places of worship destroyed by Islamic invaders or encroached by the converted fourth or fifth generations of their Hindu victims. Taking to X, Arfa Khanum Sherwani shared a news article’s screenshot with the headline “Ayodhya land exempted in Places …

After TTD laddu row, Andhra Pradesh govt. mulls introducing new law for places of worship
3 months, 2 weeks ago

After TTD laddu row, Andhra Pradesh govt. mulls introducing new law for places of worship

The Hindu  

In the wake of the controversy surrounding the alleged use of “animal fat” in the making of the famous Tirupati laddu prasadam, the Andhra Pradesh government is reportedly planning to explore whether there is a need for an Act that can ensure that the sanctity of religious places in the State is upheld. A person will not be considered for …

Places of worship and an unsettling judicial silence
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Places of worship and an unsettling judicial silence

The Hindu  

When the Supreme Court of India passed its verdict in November 2019, in what is popularly known as the Babri Masjid case, it was a slight beacon of hope for all backers of the idea of India. Barring a rap on the knuckles, as in the case of Quwwat-ul-Islam Masjid, the district and High Courts were silent in what amounted …

'Gyanvapi Mosque verdict violation of Places of Worship Act': AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi
11 months, 1 week ago

'Gyanvapi Mosque verdict violation of Places of Worship Act': AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi

India TV News  

Gyanvapi case: As the Varanasi district court allowed the Hindu side to offer prayers in the southern cellar of Gyanvapi mosque, AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi AIMIM Chief Asaduddin Owaisi termed the order a violation of the Places of Worship Act. All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen chief said that granting permission for worship in the inside the 'Vyas Ka Tekhana' area inside …

Places of Worship Act: Why This Legislation Needs To Go
11 months, 1 week ago

Places of Worship Act: Why This Legislation Needs To Go

News 18  

It all started with a long-standing demand for the construction of a Ram temple at the contested site where Mir Baqi, a commander of the Mughal emperor Babur in Ayodhya, built a disputed edifice in 1528-1529. Shringar Gauri Worship Suit 2022 In Rakhi Singh & others, Varanasi district judge A K Visvesha ruled that the five Hindu women’s petition is …

Gyanvapi mosque case raises a challenge to the Places of Worship Act
11 months, 2 weeks ago

Gyanvapi mosque case raises a challenge to the Places of Worship Act

The Hindu  

Calls to hand over the Gyanvapi mosque to the Hindus have come even after appeals by the Anjuman Intazamia Masjid in the Supreme Court to protect the Places of Worship Act of 1991 from becoming a dead letter. In August 2023, the Anjuman, Gynavapi mosque’s managers, had argued in the apex court that the demand for a “scientific investigation” by …

Letters to The Editor — January 27, 2024
11 months, 2 weeks ago

Letters to The Editor — January 27, 2024

The Hindu  

State of the Opposition The article, “Reclaiming the Republic and the Constitution”, reflects the sentiments of the Indian public. Shanmugam, Gobichettipalayam, Tamil Nadu ASI survey report There are more than enough places of worship across the country. One wonders what happened to the Supreme Court advocated ‘Places of Worship Act’ that called for the maintenance of status quo on all …

Whose place of worship is it?
11 months, 2 weeks ago

Whose place of worship is it?

Hindustan Times  

Lawyers for the Hindu litigants in the Gyanvapi Masjid case claimed Thursday that a survey by the Archaeological Survey of India has found that a large temple existed at the site of the mosque in Varanasi. The ASI survey reportedly found inscriptions and other material evidence to suggest that a temple existed before construction of the mosque and concluded that …

‘1991 Act not violated’: Allahabad HC on Gyanvapi mosque pleas
1 year ago

‘1991 Act not violated’: Allahabad HC on Gyanvapi mosque pleas

Hindustan Times  

A bouquet of pleas filed by Hindu petitioners seeking worshipping rights inside the Gyanvapi Masjid complex and the removal of the mosque is not barred by the 1991 Places of Worship Act, the Allahabad high court ruled on Tuesday, marking a crucial turn in the decades-old dispute that will have reverberations across a raft of similarly sensitive cases. The high …

Court-mandated ASI survey raises fears of Gyanvapi mosque going the Babri way
1 year, 4 months ago

Court-mandated ASI survey raises fears of Gyanvapi mosque going the Babri way

The Hindu  

Published : Aug 24, 2023 11:00 IST - 11 MINS READ I’m in a hole because at some point I found a shovel and started digging. The demands relating to the issue have been incremental: from a group of five petitioners seeking in a Varanasi court in 2021 the right to worship Ma Shringar Gauri, Ganesh, Hanuman, and other “visible …

Incremental injustice: The Hindu Editorial on the Gyanvapi mosque survey
1 year, 5 months ago

Incremental injustice: The Hindu Editorial on the Gyanvapi mosque survey

The Hindu  

In upholding the conduct of a survey by the Archaeological Survey of India at the Gyanvapi mosque, the Allahabad High Court may have endorsed a surreptitious attempt to alter the character of the place of worship. Both the High Court and the Varanasi District Court, which ordered the ASI survey on July 21, had held earlier that the suit filed …

Validity of Places of Worship Act | Supreme Court gives Centre ‘sufficient time’ to clarify its stand; adjourns case to October 31
1 year, 6 months ago

Validity of Places of Worship Act | Supreme Court gives Centre ‘sufficient time’ to clarify its stand; adjourns case to October 31

The Hindu  

The Supreme Court on July 11 gave the Centre “sufficient time” till October 31 to clarify its stand on the validity of the Places of Worship Act, which protects the identity and character of religious places as they were on Independence Day. In an earlier hearing, senior advocate Kapil Sibal, appearing for the All India Muslim Personal Law Board, had …

Varanasi court to hear plea seeking worship of 'Shivling' in Gyanvapi mosque complex
2 years, 1 month ago

Varanasi court to hear plea seeking worship of 'Shivling' in Gyanvapi mosque complex

The Hindu  

A court here is likely to hear on Friday a plea seeking worship of 'Shivling' in the Gyanvapi mosque complex, Assistant District Government Counsel Sulabh Prakash said. On November 17, the fast-track court had rejected the Gyanvapi Masjid committee's objection to a petition seeking right to worship the 'Shivling' claimed to have been found in the mosque complex and fixed …

Gyanvapi mosque dispute: What's the case and what's expected to happen in Supreme Court
2 years, 2 months ago

Gyanvapi mosque dispute: What's the case and what's expected to happen in Supreme Court

India Today  

The Supreme Court’s bench, headed by Chief Justice DY Chandrachud, is set to hear the Gyanvapi Mosque dispute today, November 11. The case will be heard for the first time after the district court denied the Masjid Committee's motion to dismiss the suit filed by Hindu devotees seeking worshipping rights in the Gyanvapi Mosque compound. The case presently before the …

Supreme Court seeks Centre’s stand on Places of Worship Act
2 years, 2 months ago

Supreme Court seeks Centre’s stand on Places of Worship Act

The Hindu  

The Supreme Court on Wednesday directed the Centre to make its stand clear on whether a Constitution Bench in the Ram Janmabhoomi case has already settled the question of validity of the Places of Worship Act of 1991. The Ayodhya judgment of the Supreme Court had found that the 1991 Act spoke "to our history and to the future of …

Explained | Gyanvapi Mosque Case: What Is the Places of Worship Act?
2 years, 3 months ago

Explained | Gyanvapi Mosque Case: What Is the Places of Worship Act?

The Quint  

A Varanasi district court will begin hearing arguments on the Gyanvapi Mosque case on Thursday, 22 September. On 12 September, the Varanasi district court allowed the hearing of a petition filed by five Hindu women, asking to be allowed daily access to worship at “a shrine behind the western wall of the Gyanvapi Mosque complex” in Uttar Pradesh's Varanasi. The …

Varanasi court’s judgment on Gyanvapi case | Left parties say wrong interpretation of ‘Places of Worship Act’ will lead to serious consequences
2 years, 3 months ago

Varanasi court’s judgment on Gyanvapi case | Left parties say wrong interpretation of ‘Places of Worship Act’ will lead to serious consequences

The Hindu  

Sharply reacting to Varanasi district Court’s Order in connection to the Gyanvapi Mosque the Left parties said that wrong interpretation of Places of Worship Act 1991 by a section of judiciary will lead to serious consequences including redefining the very basic character of India. Gyanvapi case | BJP, Hindu groups hail Varanasi court’s verdict The Left parties comments come at …

Why Places of Worship Act is the Gun India is Holding on its Own Head
2 years, 3 months ago

Why Places of Worship Act is the Gun India is Holding on its Own Head

News 18  

The Places of Worship Act, 1991, is a malevolent piece of legislation. In his petition in Supreme Court against the Places of Worship Act, advocate Ashwini Upadhyay has argued that it offends Articles 14, 15, 21, 25, 26, and 29, besides violating the principles of secularism itself. “Centre by making the impugned Act, has created arbitrary irrational retrospective cutoff date, …

Gyanvapi Case: AIMPLB 'Saddened' With District Court's Decision, Says Communal Harmony Will Be Harmed
2 years, 3 months ago

Gyanvapi Case: AIMPLB 'Saddened' With District Court's Decision, Says Communal Harmony Will Be Harmed

News 18  

The All India Muslim Personal Law Board has termed “disappointing” the Varanasi district court’s decision on the maintainability of the Gyanvapi mosque case and urged the government to implement the Places of Worship Act, 1991, with full force. The Varanasi district court on Monday said it will continue to hear a petition seeking daily worship of Hindu deities whose idols …

Gyanvapi case: District court's decision disappointing, will affect communal harmony, says AIMPLB
2 years, 3 months ago

Gyanvapi case: District court's decision disappointing, will affect communal harmony, says AIMPLB

Firstpost  

The Varanasi district court on Monday said it will continue to hear a petition seeking daily worship of Hindu deities whose idols are located on an outer wall of the Gyanvapi Masjid, dismissing the mosque committee’s argument that the case is not maintainable New Delhi: The All India Muslim Personal Law Board has termed “disappointing” the Varanasi district court’s decision …

Owaisi draws similarities between Gyanvapi, Babri masjid: 'Purpose of Places of Worship Act 1991 will fail'
2 years, 3 months ago

Owaisi draws similarities between Gyanvapi, Babri masjid: 'Purpose of Places of Worship Act 1991 will fail'

India TV News  

Highlights Owaisi drew close similarities between the Gyanvapi case and the Babri Masjid case Varanasi district court rejected plea questioning the maintainability of petition filed by Hindus The Hyderabad MP said, "There should be an appeal in High Court against this order." AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi drew close similarities between the Gyanvapi case and the Babri Masjid case on Monday …

Gyanvapi case | Varanasi court rejects Gyanvapi mosque plea against maintainability; hearing to continue
2 years, 3 months ago

Gyanvapi case | Varanasi court rejects Gyanvapi mosque plea against maintainability; hearing to continue

The Hindu  

A Varanasi district court on September 12 dismissed an application filed by the Anjuman Intezamia Masjid Committee challenging the maintainability of the suit filed by five Hindu women seeking the right to worship Hindu deities within the Gyanvapi mosque premises all-year round. Shri Kashi Vishwanath Temple Act, 1983 bar the suit and that the “plaintiffs will have right to prove …

Gyanvapi Case: 'Win' for Hindu Side as Varanasi Court Says Plea for Worship Maintainable
2 years, 3 months ago

Gyanvapi Case: 'Win' for Hindu Side as Varanasi Court Says Plea for Worship Maintainable

News 18  

In a ‘victory’ for the Hindu side, a court in Varanasi on Monday agreed to hear a petition by five Hindu women seeking the right to worship inside the Gyanvapi mosque located next to the Kashi Vishwanath temple. One of these petitioners was Vijay Shankar Rastogi, a lawyer from Varanasi, who filed a plea in the lower court as the …

India court allows plea seeking Hindu prayers at Gyanvapi Mosque
2 years, 3 months ago

India court allows plea seeking Hindu prayers at Gyanvapi Mosque

Al Jazeera  

A court in India’s northern town of Varanasi has rejected a Muslim organisation’s plea challenging a request by some Hindu worshippers to hold daily prayers at a 17th-century mosque. Reports earlier this year claimed a court-mandated survey of the Gyanvapi Mosque – leaked to the media – discovered a “shivalinga”, a phallic representation of the Hindu god Shiva, inside the …

Gyanvapi Case: Hindu petitioners win big step, court dismisses Masjid committee's plea | All that happened
2 years, 3 months ago

Gyanvapi Case: Hindu petitioners win big step, court dismisses Masjid committee's plea | All that happened

India TV News  

Highlights The court rejected the Anjuman Intezamia Masjid Committee’s petition questioning the maintainability The matter could also come up before the Supreme Court on October 20 Allahabad HC set September 28 as the next date for hearing another case on the Varanasi mosque case Gyanvapi Mosque case : The Varanasi district court dismissed the Gyanvapi Masjid committee’s plea that was …

Gyanvapi case: Varanasi court rejects Muslims' plea, holds case 'maintainable'; here's what lies ahead
2 years, 3 months ago

Gyanvapi case: Varanasi court rejects Muslims' plea, holds case 'maintainable'; here's what lies ahead

India TV News  

Highlights Varanasi district court rejected plea questioning the maintainability of petition filed by Hindus Court agreed to maintain plea seeking daily worship permission of Hindu deities at mosque complex Plea for daily puja is likely to be heard on September 22 The Varanasi district court on Monday rejected the plea questioning the maintainability of a petition seeking permission for daily …

A 999-Year Lease, Focus on Places of Worship Act & Nod to Lord Ganesha
2 years, 4 months ago

A 999-Year Lease, Focus on Places of Worship Act & Nod to Lord Ganesha

News 18  

The Karnataka High Court, in a late-night hearing on Tuesday, upheld an order of the Dharwad municipal commissioner allowing the Ganesh Chaturthi festival to be held at the Hubballi Idgah maidan. The high court said in the case of the property in question, it was not a religious place of worship and was allowed for prayers only during Bakrid and …

Places of Worship Act 1991 Cannot Be Enforced in Dispute Between Two Sects of Same Religion, Says SC
2 years, 5 months ago

Places of Worship Act 1991 Cannot Be Enforced in Dispute Between Two Sects of Same Religion, Says SC

News 18  

The Places of Worship Act 1991 cannot be enforced in a dispute between two sects of the same religion, the Supreme Court has said while refusing to entertain a petition related to a dispute between two segments of the Jain community on “conversion” of places of worship. The top court was hearing the plea filed by Sharad Zaveri and others, …

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