The Allahabad High Court has postponed the hearing on the plea seeking ASI survey of the wuzukhana area in Gyanvapi mosque. The next hearing is scheduled for October 7.
Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh, February 24 – The Allahabad High Court has postponed the hearing of a petition seeking an additional survey of the Gyanvapi mosque in Varanasi by the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI). The decision to adjourn the case was taken in light of a directive from the Supreme Court, which has instructed courts across India not to issue any orders related to lawsuits concerning religious places.
New Delhi: The Supreme Court will hear multiple petitions related to the Places of Worship (Special Provisions) Act, 1991, on February 17. According to the official cause list uploaded on the Supreme Court’s website, a bench led by Chief Justice Sanjiv Khanna, along with Justices Sanjay Kumar and K V Viswanathan, will oversee the proceedings.
NEW DELHI: Samajwadi Party leader and Member of Parliament, Iqra Choudhary, has filed a writ petition in the Supreme Court, urging the full implementation of the Places of Worship (Special Provisions) Act, 1991. This Act seeks to maintain the status quo of religious places as they were on August 15, 1947, and prohibits any legal proceedings that aim to alter the religious character of these places.
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NEW DELHI: Today(6th Jan): A Hindu group, the Akhil Bhartiya Sant Samiti, has approached the Supreme Court to challenge the constitutional validity of the 1991 Places of Worship Act, claiming it infringes on fundamental rights and prevents communities from reclaiming religious sites. The law maintains the status quo of religious places since 1947, excluding disputes related to the Babri Masjid.