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The last hearing on 6 petitions related to the Placese of Varships Act (Pooja Law) was held on 12 December 2024.
The Supreme Court will hear the petition related to the place of worship law (special provisions, 1991) on Tuesday on Tuesday. There is a demand in this- Supreme Court courts should allow the courts to order order to find out the original religious character of the place of worship.
The petition challenged Section 4 (2) of the place of worship law (special provisions, 1991). Which stops the proceedings of changing the religious character of a place (temple-temple or other religious site). At the same time, it also prohibits filing new cases regarding this.
Today’s hearing will be a bench of CJI Sanjeev Khanna and Justice Sanjay Kumar. Earlier on February 17, the Supreme Court had postponed the hearing on 7 petitions related to the place of worship law.
The court had said that the case is listening to a bench of 3 judges, while today a bench of 2 judges is sitting. Now the new date will be heard. There will be a hearing in April. At the same time, the court also refused to accept a new petition on the matter.
According to the place of worship law (special provisions, 1991), the place of worship of any religion which came into existence before 15 August 1947 cannot be converted into a place of worship of any other religion.
7th petition of Asaduddin Owaisi
The petition of AIMIM Chief Asaduddin Owaisi is also to be heard. His petition has already been associated with pending 6 petitions. Owaisi in the petition has demanded the implementation of the 1991 Place of Versep Act (Puja Law).
The bench of Chief Justice Sanjeev Khanna, Justice PV Sanjay Kumar and Justice Manmohan last heard on 12 December 2024 on the petitions filed on the validity of 6 sections of the Placese of Varships Act (Special Provisions) 1991.
12 December 2024: SC said- it would be appropriate to stop all the other courts The 3 -member bench of the Supreme Court had heard the petitions filed on the validity of some sections of the Placeage of Versep Act (Special Provisions) 1991 on 12 December. The bench had said that we are investigating the scope of this law, its powers and structures. In such a situation, it would be appropriate that all other courts stop their hands.
During the hearing, CJI Sanjeev Khanna had said that we have 2 cases, the royal Idgah of Mathura and the Gyanvapi Mosque of Varanasi. Then the court was told that more than 18 such cases are pending in the country. Of these, 10 are connected to mosques. After this, the Supreme Court had asked the Central Government to present its case on the petitions in 4 weeks.
CJI Sanjeev Khanna had said that we cannot hear until the Center files the answer. No such new case should be filed till our next order.
Petition side-to-opposition logic
- Hindu side: BJP leader and advocate Ashwini Upadhyay, Subramaniam Swamy, narrator Devkinandan Thakur, Kashi’s princess Krishna Priya, Dharmaguru Swami Jeetendranand Saraswati, retired Army Officer Anil Kabotra, Advocate Chandrashekhar, Rudra Vikram Singh, Varanasi have filed petitions. These people on the Placeage of Varships Act-1991 Demand to declare unconstitutional Is.
- Muslim side: Jamiat Ulama-e-Hind, Indian Muslim Personal Law Board, Anjuman Intejamia Mosque Committee, RJD MPs Manoj Jha and Asaduddin Owaisi have also filed a petition in the matter. Jamiat argues that considering the petitions against the Act will cause floods of cases against mosques across the country.
Why was this law made? Actually, this was the period when the Ram temple movement was at its peak. BJP leader LK Advani took out a rath yatra from Somnath on 25 September 1990. It was supposed to reach Ayodhya on 29 October, but on 23 October he was arrested in Samastipur, Bihar. Janata Dal Chief Minister Lalu Yadav had ordered the arrest. The effect of this arrest was that the VP Singh government of the Janata Dal fell at the center, which was running with the support of the BJP.
After this, after separating from VP Singh, Chandrashekhar formed the government with the support of the Congress, but it could not run much. Fresh elections were held and the Congress government came to the center. PV Narasimha Rao became the Prime Minister. Due to the increasing influence of the Ram temple movement, many more temple-mosque disputes started arising along with Ayodhya. The Narasimha Rao government had brought this law only to stop these disputes.
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