SC Grants 2 Weeks to Centre to File Reply to Pleas Challenging Places of Worship Act
2 years, 3 months ago

SC Grants 2 Weeks to Centre to File Reply to Pleas Challenging Places of Worship Act

News 18  

The Supreme Court on Friday granted two weeks’ time to the Centre to file its reply on pleas challenging the validity of certain provisions of a 1991 law, which 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. A three-judge bench headed by Chief justice Uday Umesh Lalit permitted all the applications, including the plea filed by Jamiat Ulama-i-Hind, to intervene in the hearing of the pleas on the validity of the Places of Worship Act, 1991. The top court, on March 12, last year, had sought the Centre’s response to one of the pleas filed by lawyer Ashwini Upadhyay challenging the validity of certain provisions of the law which provides maintaining the status quo with regard to ownership and the character of religious places as prevailing on August 15, 1947. The petition alleged that the 1991 law creates an “arbitrary and irrational retrospective cut-off date” of August 15, 1947 for maintaining the character of the places of worship or pilgrimage against encroachment done by “fundamentalist-barbaric invaders and law-breakers”.. Read all the Latest News India and Breaking News here

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

Civil Courts Can't Run A Race With Supreme Court, There Is A Judgment Upholding Places Of Worship Act : SC
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1 week, 4 days 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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1 week, 4 days 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, …

Places of Worship Act: 'No fresh suit to be filed', what did Supreme Court say?
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1 week, 4 days 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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1 week, 4 days 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 …

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

Places of Worship Act: Supreme Court asks Centre to reply in 4 weeks, stops registration of new suits
1 week, 5 days 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 …

SC restrains courts across India from passing orders in any suit or plea seeking survey of mosques
1 week, 5 days 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 …

No surveys of places of worship, fresh suits till hearing ends: Supreme Court
1 week, 5 days 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 to hear pleas challenging provisions of Places of Worship Act 1991 today
1 week, 6 days 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
2 weeks 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 …

DC Edit | SC must reinforce 1991 Worship Act
2 weeks, 1 day 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 …

CJI-led bench to hear challenge to Places of Worship Act on Tuesday
2 weeks, 2 days 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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2 weeks, 2 days 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
2 weeks, 2 days 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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2 weeks, 2 days 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
2 weeks, 3 days 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 …

Chief Justice sets up special bench to hear challenges to Places of Worship Act
2 weeks, 3 days 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 …

Places of Worship Act and the Challenges to Secularism in India
2 weeks, 4 days 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
2 weeks, 5 days 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 …

The salience of the Places of Worship Act and the Gyanvapi precedent
3 weeks 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 …

SC to hear petitions challenging validity of 'Places of Worship Act 1991' on Dec 4
3 weeks, 1 day 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 …

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

Places of worship and an unsettling judicial silence
10 months, 1 week 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 …

Validity of Places of Worship Act | Supreme Court gives Centre ‘sufficient time’ to clarify its stand; adjourns case to October 31
1 year, 5 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 …

Places of Worship Act: Supreme Court gives Centre time till October 31 to respond
1 year, 5 months ago

Places of Worship Act: Supreme Court gives Centre time till October 31 to respond

India Today  

The Supreme Court on Tuesday gave an extension for the eighth time to the Centre to file its counter affidavit on a batch of petitions challenging the Places of Worship Act 1991. READ | Congress objects to introduction of bill seeking repeal of Places of Worship Act During the brief hearing, Solicitor General Tushar Mehta told the bench that the …

Challenge To Places Of Worship Act : Supreme Court Gives Further Extension To Centre; Grants Time Till End Of February 2023 For Counter
1 year, 11 months ago

Challenge To Places Of Worship Act : Supreme Court Gives Further Extension To Centre; Grants Time Till End Of February 2023 For Counter

Live Law  

The Supreme Court on Monday further extended the time for the Union Government to file its counter-affidavit in a batch of petitions challenging the Places of Worship Act 1991, which prohibits the conversion of a religious structure from its nature as it stood on the date of independence.The Court gave time to the Union time till the end of February …

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

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 …

Places of Worship Act: SC Grants Centre Time Till Dec 12 to File Response to Pleas Challenging Validity
2 years, 1 month ago

Places of Worship Act: SC Grants Centre Time Till Dec 12 to File Response to Pleas Challenging Validity

News 18  

The Supreme Court on Monday granted the Centre time till December 12 to file its response to a bunch of petitions challenging the validity of the Places of Worship Act, adjourning the case until the first week of January. The petitions are challenging the validity of certain provisions of the 1991 law which maintains the “religious character” of all places …

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 …

Supreme Court Asks Centre To File Its Response To Pleas Challenging Places Of Worship Act By October 31
2 years, 2 months ago

Supreme Court Asks Centre To File Its Response To Pleas Challenging Places Of Worship Act By October 31

Live Law  

The Supreme Court bench, comprising Chief Justice U.U. Lalit, Justice Ravindra Bhat and Justice Ajay Rastogi listed a batch of petitions challenging the Constitutional validity of provisions of the Places of Worship Act 1991 on 14th November 2022. Whether the bar of conversion of places of worship imposed by Section-3 read with Section 2 is violative of Articles 14, 21, …

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 …

Supreme Court Asks Centre To File Response In Pleas Challenging Places Of Worship Act In 2 Weeks, Lists Matter Before 3-Judge Bench
2 years, 3 months ago

Supreme Court Asks Centre To File Response In Pleas Challenging Places Of Worship Act In 2 Weeks, Lists Matter Before 3-Judge Bench

Live Law  

The Supreme Court bench, comprising Chief Justice U.U. Narasimha has listed a batch of petitions challenging the Constitutional validity of provisions of the Places of Worship Act 1991 for October 11, 2022. The bench considering the writ petitions filed by former BJP Delhi Spokesperson Ashwini Upadhyay, BJP Rajya Sabha MP Dr.Subramanian Swamy and some others challenging the Places Of Worship …

Places of worship act: SC admits plea seeking review of law; grants 2 weeks to Centre to file reply
2 years, 3 months ago

Places of worship act: SC admits plea seeking review of law; grants 2 weeks to Centre to file reply

India TV News  

Places of worship act: The Supreme Court on Friday granted two weeks' time to the Centre to file its reply on pleas challenging the validity of certain provisions of a 1991 law, which 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. A …

Daughter Of Kashi Royal Family Head Moves Supreme Court Challenging Places Of Worship Act
2 years, 3 months ago

Daughter Of Kashi Royal Family Head Moves Supreme Court Challenging Places Of Worship Act

Live Law  

The daughter of the Kashi Royal Family, Maharaja Kumari Krishna Priya has filed an intervention application challenging the Places of Worship Act, 1991 before the Supreme Court. The IA has been filed as part of the petitions already filed before the Supreme Court challenging the Constitutional validity of Sections 2, 3 and 4 of the Act as they bar remedies …

Places of Worship Act 1991 Cannot Be Enforced in Dispute Between Two Sects of Same Religion, Says SC
2 years, 4 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, …

Supreme Court asks six petitioners challenging provisions of Places of Worship Act to file intervention application
2 years, 4 months ago

Supreme Court asks six petitioners challenging provisions of Places of Worship Act to file intervention application

Firstpost  

The 1991 provision is an Act to prohibit conversion of any place of worship and to provide for the maintenance of the religious character of any place of worship as it existed on 15 August, 1947, and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday asked six petitioners challenging the validity of certain provisions …

Plea on Places of Worship (Special Provisions) Act One of Important Cases in SC’s Roster Today; Justice Khanwilkar to Retire
2 years, 4 months ago

Plea on Places of Worship (Special Provisions) Act One of Important Cases in SC’s Roster Today; Justice Khanwilkar to Retire

News 18  

The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear on Friday several important matters, including a batch of pleas challenging the validity of certain provisions of the Places of Worship Act, 1991. Besides, a bench headed by Justice U U Lalit is slated to hear a plea filed by an additional district judge posted in Bihar who has approached the apex court …

Places of Worship Act: SC asks six petitioners to file intervention application
2 years, 4 months ago

Places of Worship Act: SC asks six petitioners to file intervention application

India TV News  

Highlights SC asks petitioners to file intervention application 1991 provision is an Act to prohibit conversion of any place of worship The top court had earlier sought Centre's response to the plea The Supreme Court on Friday asked six petitioners challenging the validity of certain provisions of the Places of Worship Act, 1991 to file an intervention in a pending …

Fresh plea in SC challenging validity of sections of Places of Worship (Special Provisions) Act, 1991
2 years, 5 months ago

Fresh plea in SC challenging validity of sections of Places of Worship (Special Provisions) Act, 1991

Firstpost  

The PIL filed by former MP, Chintamani Malviya states, ‘It excludes the birthplace of Lord Rama but includes the birthplace of Lord Krishna, though both are the incarnation of Lord Vishnu, the creator and equally worshipped all over the world’ New Delhi: Another plea was filed in the Supreme Court challenging the Constitutional validity of certain sections of the Places …

Legal battle over validity of Places of Worship Act gains momentum
2 years, 6 months ago

Legal battle over validity of Places of Worship Act gains momentum

The Hindu  

The legal battle over the validity of the Places of Worship Act of 1991, which underlines the need to protect the liberty of faith and worship, is gaining steam in the Supreme Court. The Muslim body stressed that the Ayodhya verdict, which upheld the Places of Worship Act, had noted that “historical wrongs cannot be remedied by people taking the …

Fresh challenge in SC over Places of Worship Act 1991
2 years, 6 months ago

Fresh challenge in SC over Places of Worship Act 1991

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: With more mosques being counted in the list that were constructed after razing pre-existing temples, another PIL petition has been filed in the Supreme Court on Tuesday challenging the constitutional validity of the Places of Worship Act 1991, contending that illegal acts of demolition of temples and construction of mosques could not be shielded by the law. Challenging …

Plea in SC Challenges Validity of Certain Sections of Places of Worship (Special Provisions) Act
2 years, 6 months ago

Plea in SC Challenges Validity of Certain Sections of Places of Worship (Special Provisions) Act

News 18  

A fresh petition has been filed in the Supreme Court challenging the validity of certain sections of the Places of Worship Act, 1991, alleging that the Centre has arbitrarily created an irrational retrospective cut-off date and declared that the character of places of worship shall be maintained as it was on August 15, 1947. impugned Act, Centre has arbitrarily created …

Jamiat Ulama-i-Hind moves Supreme Court seeking intervention in plea against Places of Worship Act
2 years, 6 months ago

Jamiat Ulama-i-Hind moves Supreme Court seeking intervention in plea against Places of Worship Act

Firstpost  

The plea said that petitioner advocate Ashwini Upadhyay has raised grounds which have already been considered and decided by the constitution bench of the top court New Delhi: Muslim body Jamiat Ulama-i-Hind has filed a plea in the Supreme Court seeking intervention in a pending petition challenging the constitutional validity of the Places of Worship Act, 1991. “In fact, this …

Fresh plea in SC challenges validity of sections of Places of Worship (Special Provisions) Act, 1991
2 years, 6 months ago

Fresh plea in SC challenges validity of sections of Places of Worship (Special Provisions) Act, 1991

Firstpost  

The petition has challenged the validity of sections 2, 3, 4 of the Act, claiming that it takes away right of judicial remedy of Hindus, Jains, Buddhists and Sikhs to take back their places of worship and pilgrimage and property which belong to the deity New Delhi: A fresh petition has been filed in the Supreme Court challenging the validity …

Fresh plea in SC challenges validity of sections of Places of Worship (Special Provisions) Act, 1991
2 years, 6 months ago

Fresh plea in SC challenges validity of sections of Places of Worship (Special Provisions) Act, 1991

The Hindu  

A fresh petition has been filed in the Supreme Court challenging the validity of certain sections of the Places of Worship Act, 1991, alleging that they violate constitutional provisions, including those related to equality before law and prohibition of discrimination on grounds of religion, race, caste, sex or place of birth. The petition, filed by Mathura-resident Devkinandan Thakur, has challenged …

'1991 Act doesn't bar ascertaining nature of place of worship': Hindu side on Gyanvapi mosque row
2 years, 6 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 …

Series of happenings in courts probe boundaries of Places of Worship Act
2 years, 6 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 …

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