Controversy over temples and mosques is growing in various parts of the country. Recently, following a court order, the Jama Masjid located in Sambhal district of Uttar Pradesh was surveyed, following which there was widespread violence. Amidst all this, the Supreme Court has now indicated to hear a petition related to the protection of religious places and the 1991 Act. Let’s know what is the whole case and when will be the hearing.
Hearing on this date
The Supreme Court has indicated that the hearing of the petition filed in the Supreme Court regarding the protection of religious places and the law made in 1991 will be held in the next month i.e. on December 4. A bench headed by Chief Justice of India Sanjiv Khanna will hear the important case.
This judge will hear
A Supreme Court bench of Chief Justice Sanjiv Khanna, Justice P Narasimha and Justice Manoj Mishra will hear the petitions related to the protection of religious places and the 1991 law. Names of Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind and Gulzar Ahmed Noor Mohammad Azmi are listed as petitioners in the case. His lawyer Ejaz Maqbool will present his case before the court.
What is the Place of Worship Act?
The Places of Worship Act of 1991 in the country stipulated that religious places would be maintained as they were at the time of independence. The Places of Worship Act is a law which prohibits changing the character of any place of worship existing on 15 August 1947. To end disputes over ownership of religious sites, the then Prime Minister PV Narasimha Rao-led Congress government made the only exception to the law for the decades-long Ramjanmabhoomi-Babri Masjid dispute. Section 3 of the Act prohibits individuals and groups of people from converting, in whole or in part, a place of worship of any religious sect into a place of worship of a different religious sect.
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Yogi Sarkar in full action! Posters will be put up and levies will be levied, Sambhal miscreants are no longer safe.
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