Challenge To Places Of Worship Act : Live Updates From Supreme Court Hearing

Sr Adv Vikas Singh: There was no issue of vires

CJI: Order sheet reveals no. of issues have been raised. We will examine.

CJI: Till reply comes, we can't hear. Anybody who has issue, we will take it up. Till the next date of hearing, no further suits can be filed or registered.

SG Mehta: We will file

CJI: Whatever is there, please file a reply. Give petitioners a copy. You can't make available an e-copy of your reply on internet

CJI: Nobody will address us without our asking. Mr Tushar Mehta, union's reply is not on record

Bench assembles

Intervention is also sought in the matter by the Committees managing Gyanvapi mosque at Varanasi and Shahi Idgah mosque at Mathura

Political parties CPI (M), Indian Union Muslim League, NCP (Sharad Pawar) MLA Jitendra Awhad, RJD MP Manoj Kumar Jha, MP Thol Thirumavalan have sought to intervene in the matter supporting the Places of Worship Act

Hearing to begin shortly

Total 6 petitions are listed before the Court, including one by senior BJP leader Subramanian Swamy, who is present in Court

The Committees managing the Gyanvapi mosque at Varanasi and the Shahi Idgah mosque at Mathura have sought to intervene to support the Act.

Political parties Communist Party of India (Marxist), Indian Union Muslim League, NCP (Sharad Pawar) MLA Jitendra Awhad, RJD MP Manoj Kumar Jha, MP Thol Thirumavalan have sought to intervene in the matter supporting the Places of Worship Act. They argue that the Act is crucial to preserve communal harmony and the secular character of the nation. Incidents like the Sambhal violence would be averted by a strict enforcement of the Act, they state.