1991 Places of Worship case: SC bans lower courts from opening new Mandir-Masjid cases till…
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1991 Places of Worship case: SC bans lower courts from opening new Mandir-Masjid cases till…

Live Mint  

The Supreme Court on Thursday restrained courts across the country from admitting or passing orders in any fresh suit or plea seeking the survey of mosques to determine whether temples lie beneath them. In pending lawsuits, courts shall not pass any effective interim or final orders until further notice.” A special bench comprising Chief Justice of India Sanjiv Khanna, Justice Sanjay Kumar and Justice KV Viswanathan passed the order. Various political parties, including the CPI, Indian Union Muslim League, DMK, RJD MP Manoj Kumar Jha, and NCP MP Jitendra Awhad, filed intervention applications to support the Act’s protection. 1991 Places of Worship Act gains attention The Union Government has not yet submitted its counter-affidavit despite multiple court deadline extensions.

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Hindu outfit seeks to intervene in 1991 places of worship row in SC
3 days, 6 hours ago

Hindu outfit seeks to intervene in 1991 places of worship row in SC

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: The Akhil Bhartiya Sant Samiti, a Hindu outfit, moved the Supreme Court on Monday seeking to intervene in cases filed against the validity of provisions of the 1991 law that asks to maintain the religious character of places as it existed on August 15, 1947. The outfit's plea, filed through lawyer Atulesh Kumar, challenges Sections 3 and 4 …

Plea Filed Seeking Vacation Of Supreme Court's Stay On Registration Of New Suits & Passing Survey Orders Over Mandir-Masjid Disputes
4 days, 9 hours ago

Plea Filed Seeking Vacation Of Supreme Court's Stay On Registration Of New Suits & Passing Survey Orders Over Mandir-Masjid Disputes

Live Law  

Applications have been filed before the Supreme Court seeking vacation of the stay on registration of fresh suits against places of worship as well as surveys of the religious sites in pending mandir-masjid suits. It may be recalled that on December 12, the Supreme Court ordered that no further suits can be registered in the country against places of worship …

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

SC to hear Owaisi's plea seeking stringent implementation of Places of Worship Act 1991, Union govt has sought 8 extensions so far
1 week ago

SC to hear Owaisi's plea seeking stringent implementation of Places of Worship Act 1991, Union govt has sought 8 extensions so far

Op India  

The debate on the Places of Worship Act 1991 has resurfaced, as the Supreme Court is set to hear a petition filed by Asaduddin Owaisi, the supremo of the All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen, seeking directions for the central government to strictly enforce the provisions of the act. Advocate @MNizamPasha appeared for us — Asaduddin Owaisi January 2, 2025 The law …

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

Places of Worship Act: How SC interim order sets a bad precedent
3 weeks ago

Places of Worship Act: How SC interim order sets a bad precedent

Op India  

The Supreme Court’s interim order of December 12 in the Places of Worship Act case, restraining all courts nationwide from entertaining fresh suits or passing orders to survey mosques to determine whether temple structures lie beneath them, raises profound legal and constitutional concerns. The bench’s blanket stay applies to all pending and future suits concerning the Places of Worship Act, …

Gyanvapi Mosque Row | In View Of SC's Interim Order, Allahabad HC Adjourns Hearing On Pleas Seeking Further ASI Survey
3 weeks, 1 day ago

Gyanvapi Mosque Row | In View Of SC's Interim Order, Allahabad HC Adjourns Hearing On Pleas Seeking Further ASI Survey

Live Law  

The Allahabad High Court today adjourned two pleas seeking similar reliefs to direct the Archaeological Survey of India to undertake further surveys at Gyanvapi Mosque premises in view of the Supreme Court's Dec 12 interim order restraining courts from passing any effective interim or final orders, including orders for a survey. While the first petition filed by Rakhi Singh requests …

Gyanvapi, Sambhal & more: The mandir-masjid suits that will be impacted by SC order on Places of Worship Act
3 weeks, 6 days 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 …

SC halts all mandir-masjid cases until 1991 Act verdict
3 weeks, 6 days ago

SC halts all mandir-masjid cases until 1991 Act verdict

Hindustan Times  

The Supreme Court on Thursday issued a nationwide directive restraining all courts from entertaining fresh suits or passing orders to survey mosques to determine whether temple structures lie beneath them. The directive came from a special bench, headed by Chief Justice of India Sanjiv Khanna, which clarified that trial courts cannot “overreach” the Supreme Court while it adjudicates on challenges …

Civil Courts Can't Run A Race With Supreme Court, There Is A Judgment Upholding Places Of Worship Act : SC
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4 weeks ago

Civil Courts Can't Run A Race With Supreme Court, There Is A Judgment Upholding Places Of Worship Act : SC

Live Law  

While passing a significant order halting fresh suits and survey orders against religious places, the Supreme Court on Thursday orally said that the civil courts "were running a race" by passing orders ignoring the Supreme Court's 5-judge judgment in the Ayodhya case which upheld the Places of Worship Act, 1991. Allowing Solicitor General, Tushar Mehta time to file the reply, …

Civil Courts Can't Run A Race With Supreme Court, There Is A Judgment Upholding Places Of Worship Act : SC
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4 weeks ago

Civil Courts Can't Run A Race With Supreme Court, There Is A Judgment Upholding Places Of Worship Act : SC

Live Law  

While passing a significant order halting fresh suits and survey orders against religious places, the Supreme Court on Thursday orally said that the civil courts "were running a race" by passing orders ignoring the Supreme Court's 5-judge judgment in the Ayodhya case which upheld the Places of Worship Act, 1991. Allowing Solicitor General, Tushar Mehta time to file the reply, …

India’s top court hits pause button on temple-mosque surveys under Places of Worship Act
4 weeks 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: Supreme Court stays registration of new suits
4 weeks ago

Places of Worship Act: Supreme Court stays registration of new suits

Op India  

The Supreme Court of India on Thursday started hearing a bunch of petitions challenging the constitutionality of the Places of Worship Act, 1991. The court issued a significant order during the hearing and ruled that no further petitions will be registered against the Places of Worship Act while the matter is being heard by the court. The apex court also …

Places of Worship Act case: Supreme Court bars fresh civil suits, new orders in pending cases to ‘reclaim’ temples
4 weeks ago

Places of Worship Act case: Supreme Court bars fresh civil suits, new orders in pending cases to ‘reclaim’ temples

The Hindu  

The Supreme Court on Thursday barred civil courts from registering fresh suits or passing orders in pending cases seeking to “reclaim” temples destroyed by Mughal “invaders” in the 16th century. A Special Bench of the top court headed by Chief Justice of India Sanjiv Khanna passed the freeze order while agreeing to hear petitions questioning the validity of the Places …

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

BREAKING | Supreme Court Stops Registration Of New Suits Against Places Of Worship, Bars Passing Of Final/Survey Orders In Pending Suits
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4 weeks ago

BREAKING | Supreme Court Stops Registration Of New Suits Against Places Of Worship, Bars Passing Of Final/Survey Orders In Pending Suits

Live Law  

The Supreme Court on Thursday ordered that no further suits can be registered in the country against places of worship till further orders from the Supreme Court. The Court also ordered that in pending suits the Courts should not pass effective or final orders, including orders for survey. The Court also asked the Union Government to file its counter-affidavit in …

'No Further Suits To Be Registered Under Places Of Worship Act Till...': Supreme Court On Mandir-Masjid Cases
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'No Further Suits To Be Registered Under Places Of Worship Act Till...': Supreme Court On Mandir-Masjid Cases

ABP News  

The Supreme Court on Thursday ruled that no further suits can be registered in the country till the court hears and disposes off the petitions challenging the Places of Worship Act. A Special Bench of the apex court comprising Chief Justice of India Sanjiv Khanna, Justice Sanjay Kumar and Justice KV Viswanathan made the observation while hearing a batch of …

Places of Worship Act in Supreme Court LIVE updates: SC directs Union government to file its response within 4 weeks
4 weeks ago

Places of Worship Act in Supreme Court LIVE updates: SC directs Union government to file its response within 4 weeks

The Hindu  

The Supreme Court on Thursday restrained trial courts across the country to abstain from admitting or passing orders in suits challenging the ownership and title of religious places of worship. A Bench headed by Chief Justice of India Sanjiv Khanna was hearing a batch of petitions challenging the validity of the Places of Worship Act of 1991, a statute that …

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

No surveys of places of worship, fresh suits till hearing ends: Supreme Court
4 weeks ago

No surveys of places of worship, fresh suits till hearing ends: Supreme Court

India Today  

Surveys of places of worship cannot be conducted and no fresh suits can be registered until the validity of the Places of Worship Act, 1991 is decided, the Supreme Court said on Thursday. The court also instructed all lower courts to not examine cases related to the surveys of places of worship or pass any orders in such matters. Union …

SC restrains courts across India from passing orders in any suit or plea seeking survey of mosques
4 weeks ago

SC restrains courts across India from passing orders in any suit or plea seeking survey of mosques

New Indian Express  

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Thursday directed the lower courts across the country not to entertain or issue orders in cases seeking relief including the survey of religious places under the Places of Worship Act 1991. "As the matter is sub-judice before this Court, we deem it appropriate to direct that while suits may be filed, no suits would …

Places of Worship Act: Supreme Court asks Centre to reply in 4 weeks, stops registration of new suits
4 weeks ago

Places of Worship Act: Supreme Court asks Centre to reply in 4 weeks, stops registration of new suits

India TV News  

Places of Worship Act: In a significant development, the Supreme Court has decided to defer the hearing of Public Interest Litigations challenging certain provisions of the Places of Worship Act, 1991. SC gives 4 weeks time to Centre CJI Khanna granted the central government four weeks to file its response in the ongoing cases challenging provisions of the Places of …

'Implementation Of Places of Worship Act Could've Prevented Sambhal Incident': Muslim League Seeks Intervention In Supreme Court
4 weeks, 1 day 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
4 weeks, 1 day 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 …

SC to hear pleas challenging provisions of Places of Worship Act 1991 today
4 weeks, 1 day ago

SC to hear pleas challenging provisions of Places of Worship Act 1991 today

New Indian Express  

The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear on Thursday a batch of PILs challenging the validity of certain provisions of the Places of Worship Act 1991, a law that prohibits filing a lawsuit to reclaim a place of worship or seek a change in its character from what prevailed on August 15, 1947. The top court is seized of the …

CPM approaches Supreme Court, opposes pleas challenging Places of Worship Act
4 weeks, 2 days 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 …

'Places Of Worship Act Crucial To Maintain Communal Harmony' : CPI(M) Seeks To Intervene In Supreme Court Plea Against 1991 Act
1 month ago

'Places Of Worship Act Crucial To Maintain Communal Harmony' : CPI(M) Seeks To Intervene In Supreme Court Plea Against 1991 Act

Live Law  

The Communist Party of India, represented by Mr. Prakash Karat, Member Politburo, has filed an Intervention Application in the Supreme Court opposing the petitions which challenge the constitutionality of the Places of Worship Act, 1991.In its application, the CPI stated that the Act has an important role in preserving India's secular fabric by prohibiting the alteration of. The Communist Party …

DC Edit | SC must reinforce 1991 Worship Act
1 month ago

DC Edit | SC must reinforce 1991 Worship Act

Deccan Chronicle  

After temporarily halting the exercise started by a section of Hindutva apparatchiks targeting a Mughal era mosque in Sambhal in Uttar Pradesh, the Supreme Court has followed up on it and formed a special bench to hear petitions against the Places of Worship Act, 1991. The aim of the law was explained in detail by the government while moving it …

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 …

CJI-led bench to hear challenge to Places of Worship Act on Tuesday
1 month ago

CJI-led bench to hear challenge to Places of Worship Act on Tuesday

Hindustan Times  

The Supreme Court has constituted a special bench to hear a batch of petitions challenging the Places of Worship Act, 1991 amid concerns raised over multiple suits being filed across the country by Hindu parties seeking survey of ancient mosques to verify the presence of ancient temple ruins lying underneath. Petitions The lead petition in the batch of cases is …

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 …

Supreme Court Special Bench To Hear Petitions Challenging Constitutionality Of Places Of Worship Act On December 12
1 month ago

Supreme Court Special Bench To Hear Petitions Challenging Constitutionality Of Places Of Worship Act On December 12

Live Law  

The Supreme Court will hear a batch of writ petitions challenging the constitutionality validity of the Places of Worship Act Act, 1991 on December 12 at 3.30 PM. The challenge will be heard by a special bench of Chief Justice of India Sanjiv Khanna, Justices Sanjay Kumar, and K.V. The Managing Committee of the Gyanvapi Mosque has filed an intervention …

SC constitutes Special Bench headed by CJI to hear challenges to Places of Worship Act
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1 month ago

SC constitutes Special Bench headed by CJI to hear challenges to Places of Worship Act

The Hindu  

Chief Justice of India Sanjiv Khanna has constituted a Special Bench to hear petitions challenging the validity of the Places of Worship Act Act of 1991, a statute that has protected the identity and character of religious sites as they existed on August 15, 1947. AIMPLB had pointed out that even the Ayodhya judgment had observed that the 1991 Act …

SC forms special bench headed by CJI to hear PILs challenging 1991 Places of Worship law
1 month ago

SC forms special bench headed by CJI to hear PILs challenging 1991 Places of Worship law

New Indian Express  

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court has constituted a special bench to hear a batch of PILs challenging the validity of certain provisions of a 1991 law that prohibits filing a lawsuit to reclaim a place of worship or seek a change in its character from what prevailed on August 15, 1947. The top court is seized of the pleas, including …

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 …

Supreme Court hearing on pleas challenging Places of Worship Act today
1 month ago

Supreme Court hearing on pleas challenging Places of Worship Act today

India Today  

The Supreme Court will on Thursday hear a batch of petitions challenging the Places of Worship Act, 1991, including those that question the validity of certain provisions of the act. The Supreme Court had first issued notice to the Centre seeking its reply to the pleas challenging the Act in March 2021. In its plea filed last month, the Committee …

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 …

Congress leaders Alok Sharma and Priya Mishra petition against surveys of disputed mosques, cite Places of Worship Act
1 month, 1 week ago

Congress leaders Alok Sharma and Priya Mishra petition against surveys of disputed mosques, cite Places of Worship Act

Op India  

On 30th November, Congress leaders Alok Sharma and Priya Mishra filed a writ petition in the Supreme Court seeking to halt the execution of court-ordered surveys at religious sites. Petitioners call for adherence to the Places of Worship Act In the petition, Congress leaders called for directions by the apex court, ordering the state governments and lower courts to refrain …

SC to hear petitions challenging validity of 'Places of Worship Act 1991' on Dec 4
1 month, 1 week ago

SC to hear petitions challenging validity of 'Places of Worship Act 1991' on Dec 4

India TV News  

The Supreme Court will hear petitions challenging the constitutional validity of the Places of Worship Act, 1991, on Wednesday, December 4, 2024. The Places of Worship Act, 1991, which prohibits the conversion of any place of worship and mandates the maintenance of the religious character of a place of worship as it stood on August 15, 1947, was challenged in …

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 …

Judicial panel in Sambhal to probe violence that occurred over mosque survey
1 month, 1 week ago

Judicial panel in Sambhal to probe violence that occurred over mosque survey

India Today  

A three-member judicial inquiry commission arrived at the site in Uttar Pradesh's Sambhal where clashes occurred over a court-ordered mosque survey in a Mughal-era mosque, claiming five lives. #WATCH | Uttar Pradesh | Amid heightened security, members of the 3-member judicial inquiry committee inspect the area in Sambhal where violence broke out on 24th November, over the Shahi Jama Masjid …

Poll reform, Places of Worship Act ‘violations’ among key topics at CWC meet
1 month, 1 week ago

Poll reform, Places of Worship Act ‘violations’ among key topics at CWC meet

Hindustan Times  

The Congress Working Committee on Friday announced its “firmest commitment” to the letter and spirit of the 1991 Places of Worship Act and said that it will begin a national movement against the “severely compromised” election process and “partisan functioning of the Election Commission” against the backdrop of a string of poll losses. Leader of the Opposition in the Lok …

Sambhal Mosque Dispute SC Hearing highlights: SC asks trial court not to proceed with hearing till mosque committee moves HC
1 month, 1 week ago

Sambhal Mosque Dispute SC Hearing highlights: SC asks trial court not to proceed with hearing till mosque committee moves HC

The Hindu  

The Supreme Court on Friday directed the trial court in Uttar Pradesh to refrain from proceeding in the suit until the Sambhal Shahi Jama Masjid Committee approaches the Allahabad High Court. A Bench comprising Chief Justice Sanjiv Khanna and Justice Sanjay Kumar was hearing a petition filed by the mosque committee against a civil court direction allowing a survey of …

Supreme Court to hear plea on Sambhal mosque survey today
1 month, 1 week ago

Supreme Court to hear plea on Sambhal mosque survey today

Hindustan Times  

The Supreme Court is set to hear on Friday a petition challenging a trial court’s order directing a survey of the Shahi Jama Masjid in Uttar Pradesh’s Sambhal, raising questions over its legality and the manner in which it was ordered. The petition, filed by the mosque’s managing committee, demands an immediate stay on the survey, arguing that such surveys, …

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 …

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