Babri Masjid-Ram Janmabhoomi dispute: What is the Places of Worship Act?
5 years, 1 month ago

Babri Masjid-Ram Janmabhoomi dispute: What is the Places of Worship Act?

The Hindu  

When the Babri Masjid-Ram Janmabhoomi dispute was at its height in the early 1990s, the Vishwa Hindu Parishad and other Hindu organisations also laid claim to two other mosques. Narasimha Rao government enacted in September 1991 a special law to freeze the status of places of worship. The Act declared that the religious character of a place of worship shall continue to be the same as it was on August 15, 1947. It says no person shall convert any place of worship of any religious denomination into one of a different denomination or section.

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

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 …

'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
4 weeks, 2 days 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 …

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 …

'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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

SC to hear plea of mosque committee related to dispute at Mathura Shahi Idgah complex on December 9
1 month, 1 week ago

SC to hear plea of mosque committee related to dispute at Mathura Shahi Idgah complex on December 9

New Indian Express  

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Friday said it will hear on December 9 a plea of the mosque committee against the Allahabad High Court rejecting its petition challenging the maintainability of 18 cases of the Hindu side related to the Krishna Janmabhoomi-Shahi Idgah dispute in Mathura. On August 1, the high court rejected the plea of the Committee of …

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 …

Court-ordered survey carried out after Jama Masjid in U.P.’s Sambhal is claimed to be a temple
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Court-ordered survey carried out after Jama Masjid in U.P.’s Sambhal is claimed to be a temple

The Hindu  

After Babri Masjid in Ayodhya, another 16th century mosque of the Mughal era, the Jama Masjid in Sambhal, Uttar Pradesh, now finds itself mired in a controversy regarding its origin. Following a petition filed by senior advocate Vishnu Shanker Jain in the court of the civil judge at Sambhal, a survey was carried out on Tuesday evening in the presence …

Mathura’s Shri Krishna Janmabhoomi-Shahi Idgah Masjid dispute: Allahabad HC upholds maintainability of suits
5 months, 1 week ago

Mathura’s Shri Krishna Janmabhoomi-Shahi Idgah Masjid dispute: Allahabad HC upholds maintainability of suits

The Hindu  

Opining that the Places of Worship Act does not define ‘religious character’ and to attract provision of this Act, the religious character of a place of worship must be determined, the Allahabad High Court on Thursday dismissed the plea filed by the Mathura-based Shahi Eidgah mosque committee challenging maintainability of 18 lawsuits initiated by Hindu devotees and deity seeking removal …

Krishna Janmabhoomi-Shahi Idgah case:Places of Worship Act not applicable in present case, argues Hindu side
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Krishna Janmabhoomi-Shahi Idgah case:Places of Worship Act not applicable in present case, argues Hindu side

Hindustan Times  

In the matter of Krishna Janmabhoomi and Shahi Eidgah dispute at Mathura, it was submitted on behalf of Hindu side by the counsel on Monday that the Places of Worship Act, 1991 will not apply in the present case and it applies only in the case of undisputed structure and not in case of a disputed structure as in present …

Krishna Janmabhoomi a monument of national interest, argues Hindu side
8 months, 1 week ago

Krishna Janmabhoomi a monument of national interest, argues Hindu side

Hindustan Times  

In Krishna Janmabhoomi and Shahi Eidgah dispute case at Mathura, Hindu side submitted on Thursday that Krishna Janmabhoomi is a protected monument and is also a monument of national importance and same shall be governed by the provisions of ‘The Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Sites and Remains Act, 1958.’ and the provisions of the Places of Worship Act will not …

Krishna Janmabhumi-Shahi Idgah Dispute | 'Suits Seeking Mosque's Removal Are Barred By Places Of Worship Act': Masjid Committee In Allahabad HC
10 months, 2 weeks ago

Krishna Janmabhumi-Shahi Idgah Dispute | 'Suits Seeking Mosque's Removal Are Barred By Places Of Worship Act': Masjid Committee In Allahabad HC

Live Law  

The Committee of Management Trust Shahi Masjid Idgah today argued before the Allahabad High Court that the suits pending before the HC, inter alia seeking the removal of the Shahi Idgah mosque from the 13.37-acre complex which it shares with the Katra Keshav Dev temple in Mathura, are barred by the Places of Worship Act 1991, Limitation Act 1963 as …

‘Babri Masjid still exists’: Asaduddin Owaisi declares in Lok Sabha
11 months ago

‘Babri Masjid still exists’: Asaduddin Owaisi declares in Lok Sabha

Hindustan Times  

New Delhi: AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi, in an emotive speech in the Lok Sabha on Saturday, declared that the Babri mosque will exist in perpetuity at the Ram Temple site in Ayodhya. Long live Babri Masjid, long live India, Jai Hind," he said..Asaduddin Owaisi also posted the video of his speech on his X account. Replying to a discussion on …

'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 …

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 …

BJP, MIM spar over mosques
1 year ago

BJP, MIM spar over mosques

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: A call for the protection of mosques by AIMIM president Asaduddin Owaisi at a speech at a madarsa in the city resulted in a swift reaction from the BJP which accused Asaddudin of “communalising the consecration of Ram Mandir”. The attempts are to drive away the unity, the concern for community.” Asaduddin called on the youth to keep mosques …

‘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 …

Krishna Janmabhoomi-Shahi Eidgah case: Hindu petitioners object to court’s stay on mosque survey, next hearing on Apr 17
1 year, 8 months ago

Krishna Janmabhoomi-Shahi Eidgah case: Hindu petitioners object to court’s stay on mosque survey, next hearing on Apr 17

Hindustan Times  

AGRA During the hearing of the Krishna Janmabhoomi case on Tuesday, Hindu petitioners filed their objections to the court stay order on the survey of the Shahi Eidgah Mosque. Earlier, on April 5, the court of civil judge senior division had overturned its previous order and stayed the survey of the Shahi Eidgah Mosque premises in Mathura. On the other …

Krishna Janmabhoomi-Shahi Idgah row: Court seeks survey report of mosque complex
2 years ago

Krishna Janmabhoomi-Shahi Idgah row: Court seeks survey report of mosque complex

Live Mint  

A Mathura local court today passed an order in the Krishna Janmabhoomi-Shahi Idgah case to survey the disputed site. On December 8, national president of Hindu Sena Vishnu Gupta and vice president Surjit Singh Yadav, residents of Delhi, had claimed in the court that the Idgah was constructed by the Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb by demolishing the temple on 13.37 acres …

Govt tells SC ‘detailed consultations’ at a ‘particular level’ needed on the fate of Places of Worship Act
2 years, 1 month ago

Govt tells SC ‘detailed consultations’ at a ‘particular level’ needed on the fate of Places of Worship Act

The Hindu  

The government on November 14 in the Supreme Court sought more time to clarify its stand on the validity of the Places of Worship Act, saying “detailed consultations” are needed at a “particular level”. On October 10, the court had asked the government whether a Constitution Bench judgment in the Ram Janmabhoomi case had already settled the question of validity …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

'1991 Act doesn't bar ascertaining nature of place of worship': Hindu side on Gyanvapi mosque row
2 years, 7 months ago

'1991 Act doesn't bar ascertaining nature of place of worship': Hindu side on Gyanvapi mosque row

India TV News  

Highlights In Gyanvapi case, Hindu side claimed that the 1991 Act doesn't bar ascertaining place of worship. A day before the Varanasi district court is scheduled to hear the civil suit on the Gyanvapi mosque-Kashi Viswanath temple complex dispute, the Hindu side has claimed that the Places of Worship Act 1991, does not bar ascertaining the nature of a place …

Gyanvapi: Mosque or temple? Here's all you need to know
2 years, 7 months ago

Gyanvapi: Mosque or temple? Here's all you need to know

India Today  

On May 16, chants of ‘Baba mil gaye’ came to fill the streets outside Varanasi’s Gyanvapi mosque. As news spread that a purpor­ted ‘shivalinga’ had been found inside the masjid compo­und, Varanasi resident Manju Vyas wanted to immediately go inside Gyanvapi for “darshan”. When told that women weren’t allowed inside Gyanvapi, she retorted, “We’re going to a temple, not a …

Series of happenings in courts probe boundaries of Places of Worship Act
2 years, 7 months ago

Series of happenings in courts probe boundaries of Places of Worship Act

The Hindu  

Recent happenings in courts in Delhi, Varanasi, Mathura and the Supreme Court test the protective grip and probe the boundaries of The Places of Worship Act of 1991. The Ayodhya judgment of the Supreme Court said the 1991 Act “speaks to our history and to the future of the nation… In preserving the character of places of public worship, Parliament …

Places of Worship Act won’t apply in Krishna Janmabhoomi case: Mathura court
2 years, 7 months ago

Places of Worship Act won’t apply in Krishna Janmabhoomi case: Mathura court

The Hindu  

In a significant development that could have far-reaching ramifications, the Mathura district judge, who allowed the civil revision plea of Shri Krishna Janmabhoomi Trust and other private parties, has observed in his order that the provisions of the Places of Worship Act 1991 were not applicable in the case because of Section 4 of the 1991 Act. Noting, "Nothing contained …

Gyanvapi Masjid Row: The 4 Ways of Resolving This Issue within Framework of Law
2 years, 7 months ago

Gyanvapi Masjid Row: The 4 Ways of Resolving This Issue within Framework of Law

News 18  

A three-judge bench of Supreme Court headed by Justice D.Y. In Mathura, the district court has ruled that the civil court’s refusal to admit the Hindu side’s suit on grounds of the 1991 Act was incorrect. Giving a new twist to the whole controversy, Hindu Sena president contended before the Supreme Court that Gyanvapi Mosque Complex is exempted from the …

Gyanvapi, Mathura put focus on Places of Worship Act: Here's why everyone is talking about it
2 years, 7 months ago

Gyanvapi, Mathura put focus on Places of Worship Act: Here's why everyone is talking about it

India TV News  

Highlights The Act prohibits conversion of the religious character of a place of worship SC said ascertainment of religious character of place of worship not barred by the Act ‘Shivling’ is said to be found in the survey at the Gyanvapi site Gyanvapi-Shringar Gauri complex case: A clutch of petitions have been filed in courts over ownership of land and …

Places Of Worship Act Not Applicable To 2020 Suit On Sri Krishna Janmabhoomi-Shahi Idgah Dispute: Mathura Court
2 years, 7 months ago

Places Of Worship Act Not Applicable To 2020 Suit On Sri Krishna Janmabhoomi-Shahi Idgah Dispute: Mathura Court

Live Law  

A Mathura court on Thursday held that the suit to remove the Shahi Idgah Masjid, allegedly built on the land of Shrikrishna Janam Bhoomi is maintainable. With this, the Court allowed a revision plea by the Shri Krishna Janmabhoomi Trust and other private parties and overturned a civil court order dismissing their suit in September 2020. The Petitioners/Revisionists Bhagwan Shrikrishna …

Gyanvapi mosque case: What is Places of Worship Act, 1991
2 years, 7 months ago

Gyanvapi mosque case: What is Places of Worship Act, 1991

Business Standard  

The year was 1991. The law, Places of Worship Act, 1991, lays down that the character of a religious place cannot be altered from what it was on August 15, 1947-- the day India got its independence. While referring to Kashi Vishwanath temple-Gyanvapi mosque dispute, Uma Bharti had then asked, “Was not the intention of Aurangzeb behind leaving remnants of …

Krishna Janmabhoomi Mathura case: Court admits plea demanding removal of Shahi Idgah mosque
2 years, 7 months ago

Krishna Janmabhoomi Mathura case: Court admits plea demanding removal of Shahi Idgah mosque

India TV News  

Highlights There is a dispute over the land on which Shahi Idgah stands today The structure is located adjacent to the Krishna Janmabhoomi in Mathura Hindus are demanding the mosque should be removed and the land by transferred to the deity Krishna Janmabhoomi Mathura case: In a big development in the Krishna Janmabhoomi case, a local court in Mathura on …

All India Muslim Personal Law Board asks the Central government to clarify its position on the Places of Worship Act, 1991
2 years, 7 months ago

All India Muslim Personal Law Board asks the Central government to clarify its position on the Places of Worship Act, 1991

The Hindu  

Taking a grim view of the recent developments at the Gyanvapi mosque in Varanasi, the All India Muslim Personal Law Board has asked the Central government to clarify its position on the Places of Worship Act, 1991. The board, which held an emergency online meeting on May 17, said in a statement that while sectarian forces had launched an onslaught …

Places of Worship Act does not apply to Gyanvapi, says VHP
2 years, 7 months ago

Places of Worship Act does not apply to Gyanvapi, says VHP

The Hindu  

The Vishwa Hindu Parishad has claimed that The Places of Worship Act,1991, which mandates that the character of all religious places of worship should be maintained as it was on August 15, 1947, does not apply to the Gyanvapi Mosque dispute in Varanasi. Civil Judge, senior division, Ravi Kumar Diwakar on Monday ordered that a portion of the Gyanvapi Mosque …

Gyanvapi Case: As Varanasi Court Resumes Hearing, A Look at the Relevance of Places of Worship Act
2 years, 7 months ago

Gyanvapi Case: As Varanasi Court Resumes Hearing, A Look at the Relevance of Places of Worship Act

News 18  

A district court in Varanasi will on Monday resume hearing arguments on the maintainability of a plea by five Hindu women seeking permission for daily worship of the Shringar Gauri Sthal in the Gyanvapi mosque complex. The Act, which has been in force since July 11, 1991, prohibits conversion of places of worship, and maintains “the religious character of any …

Gyanvapi Mosque: Courts Must Remember the Purpose of Places of Worship Act
2 years, 7 months ago

Gyanvapi Mosque: Courts Must Remember the Purpose of Places of Worship Act

The Quint  

Section 3 of the Act extends prohibition of conversion of any place of worship. Section 4 provides that "If, on the commencement of this Act, any suit, appeal or other proceeding with respect to the conversion of the religious character of any place of worship, existing on the 15th day of August, 1947, is pending before any Court, tribunal or …

'Textbook repeat of Dec 1949 in Babri': Owaisi on sealing of place in Gyanvapi where Shivling is found
2 years, 7 months ago

'Textbook repeat of Dec 1949 in Babri': Owaisi on sealing of place in Gyanvapi where Shivling is found

India TV News  

Highlights AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi has slammed a court order to seal place inside Gyanvapi mosque The court order came after a Shivling was found during survey of the Gyanvapi mosque This is a textbook repeat of December 1949 in Babri Masjid, Owaisi said Amid claims by the Hindu side of having discovered a Shivling in Gyanvapi mosque, AIMIM leader …

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 …

Status of places of worship should not be changed, will lead to conflict: Congress leader P. Chidambaram
2 years, 7 months ago

Status of places of worship should not be changed, will lead to conflict: Congress leader P. Chidambaram

The Hindu  

No attempt should be made to change the status of any place of worship as it would lead to huge conflict, senior Congress leader P Chidambaram said on May 14. It is to avoid such conflict that the Narasimha Rao government had passed the Places of Worship Act, Mr. Chidambaram added. We should not make an attempt to change the …

Can't lose another mosque: Owaisi on Gyanvapi verdict
2 years, 7 months ago

Can't lose another mosque: Owaisi on Gyanvapi verdict

India Today  

All India Majlis-E-Ittehadul Muslimeen chief Asaduddin Owaisi said the Gyanvapi mosque complex verdict violated the Places of Worship Act, 1991. He said that the Act declares that the religious character of a place of worship existing on August 15, 1947, shall continue to be the same as it existed on that date, adding that he can’t lose another mosque. Owaisi …

Mathura: Security tightened ahead of Babri mosque demolition anniversary
3 years, 1 month ago

Mathura: Security tightened ahead of Babri mosque demolition anniversary

Firstpost  

Prohibitory orders under section 144 of the CrPC are already in place in Mathura; the section prohibits the assembly of four or more people in an area Mathura: Security has been tightened in Mathura to avoid any untoward incident ahead of 6 December, the date on which the Babri mosque was demolished in Ayodhya in 1992, officials said on Saturday. …

Mathura: Hindus offer larger land to Muslim party if they agree to demolish mosque and shift
3 years, 6 months ago

Mathura: Hindus offer larger land to Muslim party if they agree to demolish mosque and shift

Op India  

An application has been filed before a Mathura Court by Sri Krishna Janmabhumi Mukti Aandolan Samiti, offering the Muslim parties that manage the mosque a larger piece of land if they are willing to demolish the controversial Shahi Idgah Masjid near the Krishna Janmabhoomi in Mathura. According to the reports, the Hindu parties, represented by Sri Krishna temple trust and …

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