Congress has petitioned the Supreme Court to oppose the petitions challenging provisions of the Places of Worship (Special Provisions) Act, 1991. Congress has moved an intervention application in a pending public interest litigation against the constitutional validity of the Act. “The applicant seeks to intervene in this matter to emphasise the constitutional and societal significance … Read more
Jaipur: Rajratna Ambedkar, the great-grandnephew of BR Ambedkar, on Wednesday called lower courts accepting pleas and issuing notices in “violation” of the Places of Worship Act an insult to the Constitution. “If this (trend) continues, we will file petitions to ‘uncover’ Buddhist heritage sites beneath temples,” Rajratna Ambedkar, who’s also the president of the Buddhist … Read more
The Congress on Monday asserted that the Places of Worship Act, 1991, must be implemented in letter and spirit, and said that oral observations made by ex-CJI D Y Chandrachud in May 2022 seem to have opened a “Pandora’s box”. Congress general secretary Jairam Ramesh said the various rows that have cropped up recently such … Read more
