It is for historians to dig for tell-tale remains, not bigots
3 months, 1 week 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 Act further provides that any suit and appeal seeking to convert the religious character of a place of worship existing on 15th August, 1947 pending before any court or tribunal shall abate on the commencement of the Act. It also states that no suit or appeal relating to this matter shall lie in any court after the commencement of the Act, and any suit alleging that the religious character of a place of worship has been converted after 15th August 1947 will be determined in terms of this Act. The Act declares that from the commencement of the Act, all pending suits, appeal or proceedings seeking to convert a place of worship of one religion existing as on August 15, 1947 into that of another religion or altering the religious character of a place of worship shall abate.

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SC tags Owaisi’s plea for Places of Worship Act enforcement with pending cases
2 months, 4 weeks ago

SC tags Owaisi’s plea for Places of Worship Act enforcement with pending cases

Hindustan Times  

The Supreme Court on Thursday tagged All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen chief and parliamentarian Asaduddin Owaisi’s petition with a series of cases – some challenging the validity of the Places of Worship Act, 1991, and others advocating for its strict enforcement. In its 2019 Ayodhya verdict, the Supreme Court upheld the Places of Worship Act as a cornerstone of India’s secular …

Pleas over character of places of worship dot UP’s legal landscape
3 months, 3 weeks 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 …

Places of Worship Act and the Challenges to Secularism in India
3 months, 3 weeks 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 …

Court-ordered survey in Sambhal Jama Masjid: How TheWire's Arfa and other Islamo-leftists are misleading about the Places of Worship Act
4 months, 1 week 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 …

Places of worship and an unsettling judicial silence
1 year, 1 month 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 …

Places of Worship Act: Why This Legislation Needs To Go
1 year, 2 months 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 …

Whose place of worship is it?
1 year, 2 months 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 …

Supreme Court seeks Centre’s stand on Places of Worship Act
2 years, 5 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 …

Places of Worship Act: A law against principles of Natural Justice, that says Hindus should have demanded justice before we got independence
2 years, 6 months ago

Places of Worship Act: A law against principles of Natural Justice, that says Hindus should have demanded justice before we got independence

Op India  

The left and non-left may disagree on everything, but one fact is undisputed – the left excels at good, catchy slogans. Hence when some Muslims invoked the Places of Worship Act of 1991 to thwart any attempts of Hindus to claim what is theirs, my concern for peace took a legal colour. The then Home Minister S B Chavan had …

Varanasi court’s judgment on Gyanvapi case | Left parties say wrong interpretation of ‘Places of Worship Act’ will lead to serious consequences
2 years, 6 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 …

Series of happenings in courts probe boundaries of Places of Worship Act
2 years, 10 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 …

Gyanvapi, Mathura put focus on Places of Worship Act: Here's why everyone is talking about it
2 years, 10 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 …

Act early, decisively: The Hindu Editorial on the bid to change nature of places of worship
2 years, 10 months ago

Act early, decisively: The Hindu Editorial on the bid to change nature of places of worship

The Hindu  

It is a matter of great concern that laws are being used to rake up religious controversies to give a fig-leaf of legitimacy to a communal onslaught on the country’s secular character. Obviously emboldened by the Supreme Court verdict handing over a disputed site in Ayodhya to Hindu claimants, determined and malicious efforts are being made by communal elements to …

Gyanvapi mosque case: What is Places of Worship Act, 1991
2 years, 10 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 …

All India Muslim Personal Law Board asks the Central government to clarify its position on the Places of Worship Act, 1991
2 years, 10 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 …

Provisions and Exemptions: Explained
2 years, 10 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 …

Do not change status of places of worship: Chidambaram
2 years, 10 months ago

Do not change status of places of worship: Chidambaram

The Hindu  

No attempt should be made to change the status of any place of worship as it would lead to huge conflict, former Finance Minister P. Chidambaram said on Saturday with reference to the inspection of the Kashi Vishwanath temple-Gyanvapi mosque complex in Varanasi. Places of Worship Act Mr. Chidambaram, who heads a panel that is debating various economic issues in …

The Hindu Explains | What is the debate around the Places of Worship Act all about?
4 years ago

The Hindu Explains | What is the debate around the Places of Worship Act all about?

The Hindu  

The story so far: Earlier this month, the Supreme Court asked the Centre to respond to a petition that challenges the constitutional validity of the Places of Worship Act, 1991. Significantly, it prohibits any legal proceedings from being instituted regarding the character of a place of worship, and declares that all suits and appeals pending before any court or authority …

Supreme Court issues notice over petition challenging Places of Worship Act
4 years ago

Supreme Court issues notice over petition challenging Places of Worship Act

Op India  

On Friday, the Supreme Court of India issued notice to the Centre, after a petitioner challenged the Places of Worship Act, 1991. Supreme Court Bench led by CJI SA Bobde has issued notice to Centre on plea filed by lawyer Ashwini Kumar Upadhyay challenging validity of the Places of Worship Act, 1991 @AshwiniUpadhyay #SupremeCourt — Live Law March 12, 2021 …

Places of Worship Act- A hurdle in reclaiming Hindu heritage.
5 years, 1 month ago

Places of Worship Act- A hurdle in reclaiming Hindu heritage.

Op India  

As the Ram Janmabhoomi movement was at its peak, the Narasimha Rao govt at the centre had brought a new law with a motive to prevent Ram Janmabhoomi-like reclamation movements by Hindus in India. The statement of objects and reasons of this act reads as, ‘An Act to prohibit conversion of any place of worship and to provide for the …

Ayodhya verdict | Don’t tamper with other places of worship, says apex court
5 years, 4 months ago

Ayodhya verdict | Don’t tamper with other places of worship, says apex court

The Hindu  

The Supreme Court in its Ayodhya judgment cautions the State and the citizen not to take law into their hands and forcibly convert the religious character of places of worship across the country. The Constitution Bench led by Chief Justice of India delves deep into Parliament’s objective in enacting the Places of Worship Act of 1991. “Places of Worship Act …

What is Places of Worship Act of 1991 and why is it not applied in Ayodhya case? | EXPLAINED
33 years, 3 months ago

What is Places of Worship Act of 1991 and why is it not applied in Ayodhya case? | EXPLAINED

India TV News  

Places of Worship Act: 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 Places of …

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