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

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12 Dec 2024 1:18 PM IST

  • Challenge To Places Of Worship Act : Live Updates From Supreme Court Hearing
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    A Special Bench of the Supreme Court comprising Chief Justice of India Sanjiv Khanna, Justice Sanjay Kumar and Justice KV Viswanathan will hear at 3.30 PM today a batch of petitions challenging the constitutional validity of the Places of Worship (Special Provisions) Act, 1991.

    The Act prohibits the conversion of the religious character of places of worship from what they were as on August 15, 1947.

    The lead petition (Ashwini Kumar Upadhyay v. Union of India) was filed in 2020, in which the Court issued notice to the Union Government in March 2021. Later, few other similar petitions were filed challenging the statute.

    The Union Government is yet to file its counter-affidavit in the matter, despite several extensions given by the Court. The Act became an focal point of public discussion recently in view of the violent events which followed the survey of the Sambhal Jama Masjid in Uttar Pradesh.

    Follow this page for live updates from the hearing.

    Live Updates

    • 12 Dec 2024 3:34 PM IST

      Sr Adv Vikas Singh: There was no issue of vires

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

    • 12 Dec 2024 3:33 PM IST

      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.

    • 12 Dec 2024 3:32 PM IST

      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

    • 12 Dec 2024 3:31 PM IST

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

    • 12 Dec 2024 3:31 PM IST

      Bench assembles

    • 12 Dec 2024 3:31 PM IST

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

    • 12 Dec 2024 3:31 PM IST

      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

    • 12 Dec 2024 3:30 PM IST

      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

    • 12 Dec 2024 2:00 PM IST

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

    • 12 Dec 2024 1:56 PM IST

      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.

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