Ensure no encroachment of public roads is made in the name of religion, else face Criminal Contempt: Allahabad HC to UP Govt. [Read Order]
8 years, 9 months ago

Ensure no encroachment of public roads is made in the name of religion, else face Criminal Contempt: Allahabad HC to UP Govt. [Read Order]

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The Allahabad High Court has directed the Uttar Pradesh Government and other officials, to ensure that no religious structure in any form, shall be allowed/ permitted to be raised on public roads which belong to State. The Court has also asked the Officials to remove any religious structure that were raised in public places in last five years. The Court also asked the State Government to make out a plan so as to ensure that public roads are not obstructed creating hindrance in the smooth flow of traffic/movement of public due to observance of religious activities. The Division bench comprising of Justices Sudhir Agarwal and Rakesh Srivastava, issued certain directives to the Government and officials of the State, in a petition filed by residents of Dauda Kheda complaining about inaction of the Government authorities in not stopping some private individuals who are encroaching upon a public pathway by raising construction of a temple and attempting to encroach upon the public land.

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458 Notices Issued Against Unauthorized Religious Structures On Public Roads: State Tells Gujarat High Court
1 month, 2 weeks ago

458 Notices Issued Against Unauthorized Religious Structures On Public Roads: State Tells Gujarat High Court

Live Law  

The Gujarat High Court on Tuesday asked the State to collect and report on the decisions taken by the committees constituted in municipal corporations and districts over the last quarter, in respect of removal/rehabilitation/regularization of unauthorized religious structures found in public places. The court said this after taking note of an April 2024 circular issued by the government on the …

How Will Civilized Society Survive If Religious Structures Come Up In Middle Of Roads?: Delhi High Court Asks Govt To Come Down With "Iron Hand"
2 years, 10 months ago

How Will Civilized Society Survive If Religious Structures Come Up In Middle Of Roads?: Delhi High Court Asks Govt To Come Down With "Iron Hand"

Live Law  

The Delhi High Court on Tuesday expressed grave concern over rampant raising of religious structures, purportedly in the middle of the roads, without due authorization or sanctions. A Division Bench comprising Acting Chief Justice Vipin Sanghi and Justice Navin Chawla told the government:"How will a civilized society survive like this, if we have things coming up in the middle of …

State's Duty To Remove Unauthorised Religious Structures Constructed On Public Land : Delhi High Court
3 years ago

State's Duty To Remove Unauthorised Religious Structures Constructed On Public Land : Delhi High Court

Live Law  

Emphasizing that the State authorities remain duty bound to remove all unauthorised constructions on public land, the Delhi High Court has said that the mere fact that such encroachments represent religious structures, a place of worship or are given colour of a religious structure cannot detract or dilute the authorities from that obligation.Justice Yashwant Varma was dealing with a. Emphasizing …

Aligarh DM bans on-road religious activities, including Friday Namaz
5 years, 8 months ago

Aligarh DM bans on-road religious activities, including Friday Namaz

Op India  

The local administration in Aligarh has forbidden people of the city from organising religious events on roads. The decision taken by the Aligarh District Magistrate comes after a ‘Maha Aarti’ that was started by Hindu organisations on Tuesdays and Saturdays as a protest against Muslims blocking roads for Friday Namaz. The Aligarh District Magistrate CB Singh said, “All religious activities …

Even A Deity Encroaching Public Property Has To Be Dealt With, In Accordance With Law: Madras HC [Read Order]
6 years, 2 months ago

Even A Deity Encroaching Public Property Has To Be Dealt With, In Accordance With Law: Madras HC [Read Order]

Live Law  

"An Encroachment is an encroachment. If a Deity in a Temple commits an act of encroachment, that is also to be dealt with, in accordance with law and because it is a Deity, the Rule of law cannot be diluted," remarked the Madras High Court while hearing a plea seeking removal of. If a Deity in a Temple commits an …

Encroachment On Pavements: Delhi HC Tells Civic Bodies To Explore Relocating Religious Structures [Read Order]
7 years, 4 months ago

Encroachment On Pavements: Delhi HC Tells Civic Bodies To Explore Relocating Religious Structures [Read Order]

Live Law  

Encroachment on pavements cannot be permitted to stand and no person has the right to maintain them, the Delhi High Court has said as it once again called for response from all civic bodies concerned on relocation of idols and religious structures obstructing pedestrian and vehicular movement in Karol Bagh area and other encroachments in the Southern ridge.“Such structures encroaching …

Encroachment On Pavements: Delhi HC Tells Civic Bodies To Explore Relocating Religious Structures [Read Order]
7 years, 4 months ago

Encroachment On Pavements: Delhi HC Tells Civic Bodies To Explore Relocating Religious Structures [Read Order]

Live Law  

Encroachment on pavements cannot be permitted to stand and no person has the right to maintain them, the Delhi High Court has said as it once again called for response from all civic bodies concerned on relocation of idols and religious structures obstructing pedestrian and vehicular movement in Karol Bagh area and other encroachments in the Southern ridge.“Such structures encroaching …

Land Belonging To Religious Bodies Can Be Acquired To Serve Larger Public Purpose: Allahabad HC [Read Judgment]
8 years, 3 months ago

Land Belonging To Religious Bodies Can Be Acquired To Serve Larger Public Purpose: Allahabad HC [Read Judgment]

Live Law  

In a recent judgment, the Allahabad High Court has held that land belonging to religious bodies can be acquired by the government for achieving a larger public purpose.A division bench of Justice V K Shukla and Justice MC Tripathi has dismissed a petition filed by the Church of North India Association challenging a notification by which its land was acquired …

Land Belonging To Religious Bodies Can Be Acquired To Serve Larger Public Purpose: Allahabad HC [Read Judgment]
8 years, 3 months ago

Land Belonging To Religious Bodies Can Be Acquired To Serve Larger Public Purpose: Allahabad HC [Read Judgment]

Live Law  

In a recent judgment, the Allahabad High Court has held that land belonging to religious bodies can be acquired by the government for achieving a larger public purpose.A division bench of Justice V K Shukla and Justice MC Tripathi has dismissed a petition filed by the Church of North India Association challenging a notification by which its land was acquired …

Land belonging to religious body can be acquired for public purpose: Allahabad HC
8 years, 3 months ago

Land belonging to religious body can be acquired for public purpose: Allahabad HC

Live Mint  

Allahabad: The Allahabad high court has ruled that land belonging to a religious body can be acquired for a “public purpose” while asking the Church of North India Association and National Highway Authority of India to “work out modality” for “demolition or shifting” of a church for construction of a six-lane road. “Once there is public purpose for which land …

Ensure no encroachment of public roads is made in the name of religion, else face Criminal Contempt: Allahabad HC to UP Govt. [Read Order]
8 years, 9 months ago

Ensure no encroachment of public roads is made in the name of religion, else face Criminal Contempt: Allahabad HC to UP Govt. [Read Order]

Live Law  

The Allahabad High Court has directed the Uttar Pradesh Government and other officials, to ensure that no religious structure in any form, shall be allowed/ permitted to be raised on public roads which belong to State. The Court has also asked the Officials to remove any religious structure that were raised in public places in last five years. The Court …

Legal orders come and go, pavement temples in Chennai stay
11 years, 8 months ago

Legal orders come and go, pavement temples in Chennai stay

The Hindu  

A walk on Chennai’s roads can reveal the different ways in which religious faiths manifest themselves. Mukhopadhaya passed an order directing all states and union territories to frame “appropriate policy/rules for removal and/or relocation of unauthorized religious structures on public land” within four weeks, if they haven’t already. Interestingly, only Bihar figures in this order as a state that has …

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