Supreme Court Approached to Uphold Place of Worship Act, 1991 || A Bid to Halt Surveys of Religious Shrines

Congress leaders Alok Sharma and Priya Mishra have petitioned the Supreme Court to bar courts from allowing surveys of religious sites, citing the Place of Worship Act of 1991. The petition seeks to uphold the Act’s provisions regarding religious structures’ status as of August 15, 1947, amid ongoing communal tensions and legal challenges surrounding it.