Making of a flash point in Sambhal
4 months, 1 week ago

Making of a flash point in Sambhal

Hindustan Times  

The four deaths in Sambhal, a city near Meerut, after Uttar Pradesh police clashed with protesters on Sunday during the survey of a mosque believed to have been constructed in the 16th century is the fallout of a polarising political build-up centred on religious sites and its tacit indulgence by the judiciary. In Sambhal, a local civil court ordered a survey of the mosque, which is also a protected monument under the Ancient Monuments Preservation Act, 1904, after some Hindu petitioners staked claim to the site alleging that the Shahi Jama Masjid was constructed by a Mughal general following the demolition of a temple. It is disturbing that the civil court entertained the petition and allowed administrative action considering that the masjid is covered by the Places of Worship Act, 1991. When this is the law of the land, the Sambhal court, or for that matter any court, has no business in issuing directives and orders on petitions that disregard the provisions of the Places of Worship Act: The Act explicitly states that “no person shall convert any place of worship of any religious denomination or any section thereof into a place of worship of a different section of the same religious denomination or of a different religious denomination or any section thereof”.

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Muslims seek permission for Sadbhavana Mela in Sambhal, after disallowing Neja Mela
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2 weeks ago

Muslims seek permission for Sadbhavana Mela in Sambhal, after disallowing Neja Mela

The Hindu  

Days after the Sambhal district administration denied permission to conduct the annual Neja Mela — a traditional annual fair linked to an 11th century Muslim invader — a village head in the district has sought permission from a senior official to organise a Sadbhavana Mela on March 25 and 26. The annual Neja Mela was cancelled after the local administration …

Sambhal Jama Masjid case: Allahabad HC allows ASI to whitewash mosque from outside, decorate with lights
3 weeks ago

Sambhal Jama Masjid case: Allahabad HC allows ASI to whitewash mosque from outside, decorate with lights

Live Mint  

Sambhal Jama Masjid case: The Allahabad High Court gave permission to the Archaeological Survey of India to whitewash the mosque from the outside and also decorate it with lights without tampering with anything. According to news agency PTI, the Allahabad High Court directed the ASI to undertake and complete whitewashing of Jama Masjid in Uttar Pradesh's Sambhal within one week. …

Sambhal violence: Judicial panel visits district for fourth time; records statements of witnesses
1 month ago

Sambhal violence: Judicial panel visits district for fourth time; records statements of witnesses

The Hindu  

Members of the judicial panel, appointed by the Uttar Pradesh government to probe the violence that erupted in Sambhal district last year, recorded statements of witnesses in connection with the incident on Friday. This was the fourth visit of the judicial commission to the district which witnessed violence in the aftermath of a court directed survey at the Shahi Jama …

Police puts up posters of 74 suspects in Sambhal violence
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Police puts up posters of 74 suspects in Sambhal violence

Op India  

Hours after posters of one of the accused persons were allegedly removed by unknown persons, the police on Friday put up the posters of 74 suspects in the Sambhal violence in which around 20 police officers were injured in stone pelting by Islamists. Sambhal Additional Superintendent of Police, Shrish Chandra said, “The posters contain photographs of suspects carrying stone in …

Places of Worship Act: SP leader moves SC for effective execution
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Places of Worship Act: SP leader moves SC for effective execution

The Hindu  

Samajwadi Party leader and Kairana MP Iqra Choudhary has moved the Supreme Court for an effective implementation of the Places of Worship Act, 1991, which mandates that the religious character of a place be maintained as it existed on August 15, 1947. Hearing on Feb. 17 A Bench comprising Chief Justice Sanjiv Khanna and Justice Sanjay Kumar on Friday took …

Sambhal Masjid Row | Supreme Court Directs No Action On Notices Which Claim Well Near Mosque As Hindu Temple
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Sambhal Masjid Row | Supreme Court Directs No Action On Notices Which Claim Well Near Mosque As Hindu Temple

Live Law  

The Supreme Court today restrained Uttar Pradesh authorities from giving effect to any notice issued regarding the well near the Sambhal mosque, including the notices/posters put up by the Sambhal Municipality.The bench of Chief Justice of India Sanjiv Khanna and Justice Sanjay Kumar was hearing the petition filed by the Sambhal Shahi Jama Masjid Committee challenging the. The Supreme Court …

Opening well for Hindus will disturb peace: Sambhal mosque panel moves top court
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2 months, 3 weeks ago

Opening well for Hindus will disturb peace: Sambhal mosque panel moves top court

India Today  

The Shahi Jama Masjid committee in Uttar Pradesh's Sambhal approached the Supreme Court on Thursday, seeking a directive to the District Magistrate to refrain from initiating an investigation into a private well located within the mosque's premises. The mosque authorities argued that opening the well for Hindu prayers would disturb the peace in Sambhal, which witnessed deadly clashes in November …

Sambhal Dispute: Mosque committee moves SC seeking status quo on well outside mosque
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Sambhal Dispute: Mosque committee moves SC seeking status quo on well outside mosque

Op India  

The Committee of Management, Shahi Jama Masjid, Sambhal, on Thursday moved the Supreme Court seeking direction to the District Magistrate to ensure that the status quo is maintained with respect to the private well situated near the stairs/entrance of the mosque. “The District Magistrate has stated, as per news reports, that the well is not within the mosque and the …

Sambhal mosque row: Local court to hear Jama Masjid-Harihar temple case on March 5
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Sambhal mosque row: Local court to hear Jama Masjid-Harihar temple case on March 5

Hindustan Times  

Sambhal mosque row: A local court in Sambhal has fixed March 5 as the next hearing date in a case related to the Mughal-era Shahi Jama Masjid and its survey. Shakil Ahmad Wari, the advocate representing the Muslim side, told reporters that they have filed a copy of the Supreme Court order directing all lower courts not to entertain new …

Sambhal Mosque Row | Allahabad High Court Stays Trial Court Proceedings Till Feb 25, Seeks Responses Of UOI, UP Govt
Top News
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Sambhal Mosque Row | Allahabad High Court Stays Trial Court Proceedings Till Feb 25, Seeks Responses Of UOI, UP Govt

Live Law  

The Allahabad High Court today stayed the Sambhal trial court proceedings till February 25 in a suit claiming that the Chandausi's Shahi Jama mosque was built after destroying a Hindu temple. A bench of Justice Rohit Ranjan Agarwal passed this order on a civil revision plea moved by the Shahi Jama Mosque Committee at Chandausi challenging the trial court's order …

Sambhal mosque case: Allahabad High Court seeks response from government and ASI
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2 months, 3 weeks ago

Sambhal mosque case: Allahabad High Court seeks response from government and ASI

The Hindu  

The Allahabad High Court on Wednesday sought a response from the Central and State governments, the Archaeological Survey of India and local authorities on a plea moved by the Shahi Jama Masjid committee in Sambhal challenging a trial court’s order. A Bench of Justice Rohit Ranjan Agarwal also ordered a stay on the proceedings in the case by the trial …

Sambhal court to hear plea seeking survey of Shahi Jama Masjid on March 5
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Sambhal court to hear plea seeking survey of Shahi Jama Masjid on March 5

New Indian Express  

SAMBHAL: A local court has fixed March 5 as the next date of hearing in a case connected to the Mughal-era Shahi Jama Masjid and its survey at Chandausi. At least five Muslim youth, including a minor was killed in November last year when UP police allegedly opened fire on people protesting the court-ordered survey of the Jama Masjid. We …

Sambhal Jama Masjid case: Allahabad HC stays civil court proceedings
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Sambhal Jama Masjid case: Allahabad HC stays civil court proceedings

New Indian Express  

PRAYAGRAJ: The Allahabad High Court on Wednesday stayed further proceedings before a civil court hearing the plea seeking a survey of the Mughal-era Shahi Jama Masjid in UP's Sambhal. The plea was filed after a Supreme Court order related to the matter challenged the proceedings aside from the maintainability of the suit filed over the dispute in the Sambhal district …

Suspected mastermind of Sambhal Violence linked to Dawood Ibrahim gang
3 months ago

Suspected mastermind of Sambhal Violence linked to Dawood Ibrahim gang

Op India  

On 30th December, it was revealed that the suspected mastermind of Sambhal violence, Sharik Satha, is a member of Dawood Ibrahim’s gang. Furthermore, according to an India TV report, the Special Investigation Team looking into Sambhal violence suspects that individuals linked to ISI and Al-Qaeda, residing in the Deepa Sarai and Nakhasa areas of Sambhal, supplied weapons and funding for …

Places of Worship Act: How SC interim order sets a bad precedent
3 months, 2 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, …

Sambhal Muslims demolish homes after ancient temple discovery
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Sambhal Muslims demolish homes after ancient temple discovery

Deccan Chronicle  

“We can at least save some of our belongings. Power theft amounting to ₹1.3 crore has been detected in dozens of homes, with anti-theft operations ongoing under police protection, particularly near the Jama Mosque. The anti-encroachment drive intensified after violent clashes on November 24 during a court-ordered Archaeological Survey of India survey of the Shahi Jama Masjid. The survey followed …

Sambhal Violence: MP Zia-ur-Rehman Barq Challenges FIR In Allahabad High Court
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Sambhal Violence: MP Zia-ur-Rehman Barq Challenges FIR In Allahabad High Court

ABP News  

Sambhal Violence: Sambhal MP Zia-ur-Rehman Barq has filed a petition in the Allahabad High Court challenging the FIR registered against him over violence during a court-monitored survey of a Mughal-era mosque. The police had also filed an FIR against MLA Nawab Iqbal Mahmood's son Nawab Suhail Iqbal a day after violence broke out during the survey. Temple Reopened In Sambhal …

Sambhal violence: Samajwadi MP approaches High Court, seeks stay on arrest
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Sambhal violence: Samajwadi MP approaches High Court, seeks stay on arrest

India Today  

Samajwadi Party MP Zia-ur-Rehman Barq has approached the Allahabad High Court seeking a stay on his arrest in connection with the violence that erupted in Sambhal during a court-mandated survey of a mosque. Denying any connection to the violence, which left five people dead and several injured, the Sambhal MP alleged that the ruling party in Uttar Pradesh was "vengeful" …

​Permissive no more: on places of worship and the Supreme Court’s interim order
3 months, 2 weeks ago

​Permissive no more: on places of worship and the Supreme Court’s interim order

The Hindu  

The Supreme Court’s interim order halting the registration of fresh suits across the country regarding disputes of places of worship is a welcome departure from the permissive approach of the judiciary in recent times towards such motivated litigation. A Division Bench, headed by the Chief Justice of India, Sanjiv Khanna, has done well to stop the flow of litigation and …

Gyanvapi, Sambhal & more: The mandir-masjid suits that will be impacted by SC order on Places of Worship Act
3 months, 2 weeks 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 …

Owaisi hails SC order on Places of Worship Act; calls it 'correct' decision
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Owaisi hails SC order on Places of Worship Act; calls it 'correct' decision

New Indian Express  

HYDERABAD: Reacting to the Supreme Court orders restraining trial courts across the country to abstain from passing orders in suits challenging the ownership and title of religious places of worship, AIMIM president Asaduddin Owaisi on Thursday said that the directive was “correct” and “good”. A bench headed by Chief Justice of India Sanjiv Khanna was hearing petitions challenging the validity …

India’s top court hits pause button on temple-mosque surveys under Places of Worship Act
3 months, 3 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 …

1991 Places of Worship case: SC bans lower courts from opening new Mandir-Masjid cases till…
3 months, 3 weeks ago

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 …

Sambhal Violence | Allahabad High Court CJ-Led Bench Directs Listing Of PIL Seeking FIR Against DM, SP Before Appropriate Bench
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Sambhal Violence | Allahabad High Court CJ-Led Bench Directs Listing Of PIL Seeking FIR Against DM, SP Before Appropriate Bench

Live Law  

A Bench led by Chief Justice Arun Bhansali of the Allahabad High Court today directed that a Public Interest Litigation plea, which seeks the filing of an FIR against the Sambhal District Magistrate, Superintendent of Police, the concerned SHO, and other responsible officers in connection with their alleged involvement in the violence that occurred last month in Sambhal, Uttar Pradesh, …

'Implementation Of Places of Worship Act Could've Prevented Sambhal Incident': Muslim League Seeks Intervention In Supreme Court
3 months, 3 weeks 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, …

Sambhal and the perils of judicial evasion
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Sambhal and the perils of judicial evasion

The Hindu  

In a paper, in 2005, on ‘judicial inactivism’, scholar Chad M. Oldfather talks about courts and their “duty to decide” or “adjudicative duty”. Another case of deferment The approach adopted by the Supreme Court of India in the Sambhal masjid case is yet another instance of judicial deferment. Given the fact that the Places of Worship Act, 1991 has been …

Fake journalist Asim Raza Zaidi arrested by Sambhal Police for inciting violence
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Fake journalist Asim Raza Zaidi arrested by Sambhal Police for inciting violence

Op India  

On 6th December, Sambhal Police arrested a fake journalist identified as Asim Raza Zaidi for inciting violence and extorting money in the name of those who died during the violence on 24th November. In a video statement, Sambhal Superintendent of Police Krishan Bishnoi said that Zaidi falsely claimed to be a journalist of the Dev Kesari newspaper and possessed a …

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

SC's special bench to hear pleas challenging Places of Worship Act on 12 December
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3 months, 3 weeks ago

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

Op India  

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

Chief Justice sets up special bench to hear challenges to Places of Worship Act
3 months, 3 weeks ago

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

India Today  

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

Gyanvapi Mosque committee opposes petitions challenging validity of Places of Worship Act
3 months, 3 weeks 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
3 months, 3 weeks 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 …

Suits Against Mosques & Dargahs Creating Communal Disharmony, Places Of Worship Must Be Applied : Justice Nariman
3 months, 4 weeks ago

Suits Against Mosques & Dargahs Creating Communal Disharmony, Places Of Worship Must Be Applied : Justice Nariman

Live Law  

Former Supreme Court judge Justice RF Nariman on Thursday stressed the importance of enforcing the Places of Worship Act 1991 to counter the various suits which are being filed against mosques and dargahs in the country, creating communal tension and disharmony.Justice Nariman expressed concerns at various such suits popping up like "hydra-heads" in. Former Supreme Court judge Justice RF Nariman …

Understanding the Sambhal violence that led to five deaths | In Focus podcast
3 months, 4 weeks ago

Understanding the Sambhal violence that led to five deaths | In Focus podcast

The Hindu  

Five people were killed and many were injured in clashes that followed protests over a survey of the Shahi Jama Masjid in Chandausi, in Uttar Pradesh’s Sambhal district. Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav has described the survey and the violence as a “well-planned conspiracy aimed at hurting communal harmony”. What was the chain of events that led to the deaths …

Sambhal violence: Posters of 400 suspects to be put up; 32 arrested, says UP Police
3 months, 4 weeks ago

Sambhal violence: Posters of 400 suspects to be put up; 32 arrested, says UP Police

Live Mint  

Sambhal violence: Sambhal authorities are set to put up posters of those involved in violent clashes in the district on November 24, PTI reported. The violence broke out during a court-ordered survey of a Mughal-era mosque, sparking protests that escalated into arson and attacks on police personnel. Given below are the top 10 updates about Sambhal violence: "We will put …

Sambhal temple-mosque dispute: Advocate Commission to submit survey report in sealed envelope by 8th December
3 months, 4 weeks ago

Sambhal temple-mosque dispute: Advocate Commission to submit survey report in sealed envelope by 8th December

Op India  

The Advocate Commission which conducted the court-ordered survey of the disputed Jama Masjid in Uttar Pradesh’s Sambhal will submit the survey report before the court by Monday. Court-ordered survey at Jama Masjid in Sambhal and violence that erupted on 24th November On 19th November, a court-mandated survey was conducted at Jama Masjid in Sambhal, Uttar Pradesh. The court ordered the …

Exclusive: Gyanvapi mosque panel seeks intervention in pleas against 1991 Act
3 months, 4 weeks 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 …

Questions that arise after Sambhal order
3 months, 4 weeks ago

Questions that arise after Sambhal order

Hindustan Times  

The Supreme Court’s interim order in the Sambhal mosque dispute last week is emblematic of the delicate legal and communal landscape surrounding the spate of cases filed by Hindu litigants claiming sites currently housing mosques. In cases involving Jharkhand chief minister Hemant Soren and Bharat Rashtra Samithi leader K Kavitha, justice Khanna had firmly directed them to exhaust remedies in …

Sambhal Violence | Inquiry Panel Already Formed By UP Govt: Allahabad HC Allows Withdrawal Of PIL Against 'Police Atrocities'
3 months, 4 weeks ago

Sambhal Violence | Inquiry Panel Already Formed By UP Govt: Allahabad HC Allows Withdrawal Of PIL Against 'Police Atrocities'

Live Law  

The Allahabad High Court today allowed the withdrawal of a PIL plea seeking an independent probe into the alleged incidents of police atrocity during the Sambhal violence. A bench of Justice Ashwani Kumar Mishra and Justice Dr Gautam Chowdhary allowed the withdrawal of the PIL plea filed by the Association of Protection of Civil Rights, noting that the State Government …

Sambhal incident a planned conspiracy: Akhilesh Yadav in Lok Sabha
3 months, 4 weeks ago

Sambhal incident a planned conspiracy: Akhilesh Yadav in Lok Sabha

Hindustan Times  

Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav on Tuesday claimed the violence in Sambhal in Uttar Pradesh was well-planned by calling it a “well thought-out conspiracy” and accused the central government of not adhering to the tenets of the Constitution. Tensions in Sambhal had been high since November 19, when a local court ordered a survey of the mosque. However, the sudden …

Sambhal violence was pre-planned: Akhilesh Yadav
3 months, 4 weeks ago

Sambhal violence was pre-planned: Akhilesh Yadav

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav on Tuesday claimed the violence in Sambhal in Uttar Pradesh was well-planned and aimed at disturbing communal harmony in a place that has long been a symbol of brotherhood.He also claimed that the court-ordered survey of the Shahi Jama Masjid could hurt the 'Ganga-Jamuni tehzeeb' of the country. Raising the issue during the …

Beyond Gyanvapi, Mathura & Sambhal : A Look At Cases Pending Against Masjids/Dargahs
3 months, 4 weeks ago

Beyond Gyanvapi, Mathura & Sambhal : A Look At Cases Pending Against Masjids/Dargahs

Live Law  

Legal disputes over religious places of worship deepen communal polarization, as shown by the recent survey order against a 16th-century mosque in Sambhal, which triggered violence killing four persons.Even so, almost a dozen of such cases are pending before different courts in India, disputing the character of religious places, despite the protection offered by the Places of Worship. In a …

Why ex-CJI DY Chandrachud is at the centre of Ajmer-Sambhal storm
3 months, 4 weeks ago

Why ex-CJI DY Chandrachud is at the centre of Ajmer-Sambhal storm

India Today  

In September 2024, Vishnu Gupta, leader of the right-wing Hindu Sena, filed a petition in a Rajasthan court, seeking to declare the revered Ajmer Sharif Dargah, a sanctuary of Sufi mysticism and interfaith harmony, a Shiva temple. The petition argued that the dargah, dedicated to Sufi saint Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti, was built over an ancient Hindu temple and demanded an …

The salience of the Places of Worship Act and the Gyanvapi precedent
4 months ago

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

The Hindu  

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

DC Edit | SC halting Sambhal survey sets a welcome precedent
4 months 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 members visit Sambhal, inspect areas where violence broke out
4 months ago

Judicial panel members visit Sambhal, inspect areas where violence broke out

Deccan Chronicle  

Sambhal: Amid tight security, members of a judicial commission on Sunday visited the Shahi Jama Masjid here and other areas which witnessed violence over a court-ordered survey of the Mughal-era mosque. Panel head retired Allahabad High Court judge Devendra Kumar Arora and retired IPS officer Arvind Kumar Jain were the two members of the three-member Commission which visited the areas …

'For Peace & Harmony' : Plea In Supreme Court Court To Stop Surveying Of Religious Structures, Enforce Places Of Worship Act
4 months ago

'For Peace & Harmony' : Plea In Supreme Court Court To Stop Surveying Of Religious Structures, Enforce Places Of Worship Act

Live Law  

In the wake of the recent controversies relating to Sambhal Jama Masjid and Ajmer Dargah, a writ petition has been filed in the Supreme Court seeking to stop the execution of survey orders issued by Courts against religious structures in contravention of the Places of Worship Act 1991. The petitioner stated that the cases related to Ajmer Sharif Dargah, Bhojshala, …

Judicial panel members visit Sambhal to probe violence
Top News
4 months ago

Judicial panel members visit Sambhal to probe violence

The Hindu  

Members of the judicial inquiry commission appointed to probe Sambhal violence on Sunday visited the Mughal-era Shahi Jama Masjid complex in Sambhal and other neighbouring areas which witnessed violence over a local court-ordered survey of the mosque. The Commission’s head and retired Allahabad High Court judge Devendra Kumar Arora and retired 1979 batch Indian Police Service officer Arvind Kumar Jain …

Sambhal Violence: Ban On Entry Of Outsiders Extended Till December 10, Security Remains Heightened
4 months ago

Sambhal Violence: Ban On Entry Of Outsiders Extended Till December 10, Security Remains Heightened

ABP News  

Security continued to remain heightened in Uttar Pradesh's Sambhal district which was marred with violence over a court-ordered survey of the Shahi Jama Masjid in the town. The administration also extended a ban on the entry of outsiders and public representatives into the area till December 10 to maintain "peace and order." Curbs under Section 163 of the Bharatiya Nagarik …

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