NEW DELHI: SC on Friday agreed to examine the contrasting arguments of Hindu and Muslim sides on applicability of the Places of Worship Act, 1991, which freezes the religious character of structures as it existed on Aug 15, 1947, to Mathura’s Shahi Idgah-Srikrishna Janmasthan, protected under the ASI Act.The Muslim side said Allahabad HC’s decision…
NEW DELHI: Supreme Court Tuesday refused to entertain a petition challenging validity of Places of Worship (Special Provisions) Act, 1991, filed by Nitin Upadhyay, son of the person, Ashwini Kumar Upadhyay, whose petition is the lead PIL pending adjudication for the last five years.As the number of petitions – those by the Hindu side questioning…
NEW DELHI: As many individuals, organisations, politicians and political parties continue to approach Supreme Court filing applications in support and against the Places of Worship (Special Provisions) Act, 1991, the apex court Monday said there should be a limit on such applications. The court deferred the case to April to be heard by a three-judge…
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Monday expressed displeasure over fresh pleas filed regarding the Places of Worship (Special Provisions) Act, 1991. The apex court adjourned the hearing of pleas filed challenging the validity Places of Worship (Special Provisions) Act 1991, which preserves the character of religious places as they existed on August 15, 1947.‘There…
NEW DELHI: BJP Friday said Congress moving Supreme Court in support of the Places of Worship (Special Provisions) Act was a declaration of “open war against Hindus” and the party was now the “new Muslim League“. “Congress has approached SC seeking to deny Hindus their fundamental constitutional right to legal remedies for addressing historical injustices….
NEW DELHI: Congress has moved Supreme Court in support of the Places of Worship (Special Provisions) Act, saying the law was “essential to safeguard secularism in India” which is a basic feature of the Constitution and was needed to ensure communal harmony.Seeking to intervene in the litigation initiated by Ashwini Kumar Upadhyay, now with BJP,…
NEW DELHI: Akhil Bhartiya Sant Samiti, which claims to represent 18.5 lakh pujaris and 12 lakh saints, moved Supreme Court in support of petitioners seeking scrapping of Places of Worship Act.The petitioner, an organisation of 127 sects of Sanatan Dharma, sought impleadment in pending cases filed by BJP’s Ashwini Upadhyay, Subramanian Swamy and other Hindu…
NEW DELHI: After accusing BJP govt of “brazenly violating” the Places of Worship Act, 1991, Congress is set to join the case in Supreme Court by demanding that the 1991 law be adhered to strictly.Supreme Court on December 12 ordered a stay on surveys ordered by various courts on pleas claiming that there were temples…
NEW DELHI: In view of its recent ruling staying all proceedings on disputes over religious sites, Supreme Court on Thursday ordered that the fight over the Bhojshala temple-Kamal Maula mosque complex in Dhar district of Madhya Pradesh be tagged and heard along with petitions challenging the validity of the Places of Worship Act which is…
NEW DELHI: Supreme Court on Thursday put a freeze on the spate of lawsuits for reclamation of temples allegedly converted to mosques during the Mughal era and ordered trial courts across India not to entertain any fresh suit raising a ‘mosque-temple’ dispute. It also stopped adjudication of pending ones, including those relating to the Gyanvapi…
