The Supreme Court on Friday asked the government to respond to a petition challenging a special law enacted by the Congress government in 1991, which was free from the status of places of worship on August 15, 1947.
Chief Justice of India Sharad A. A bench headed by Bobde issued notice to the Union Ministry of Home Affairs, Law and Culture, in which advocate Ashwani Kumar Upadhyay filed a petition against various provisions of the Places of Worship (Special Provisions) Act 1991.
Mr Upadhyay said that the “arbitrary, irrational and retrospective” cut-off date bar Hindus, Jains, Buddhists and Sikhs to “reclaim” their “place of worship” to prevent them from contacting the courts. “And” encroaching “. Radical barbaric invaders ”.
“The Act announced that the character of places of worship would be retained as it was on August 15, 1947 and no litigation or proceedings in respect of disputes against encroachments by radical barbaric attackers and law breakers would take place in court. .The petition will be dismissed.
The petition states that the section of the Act is against the principles of secularism with a moratorium on legal claims.
“Sections 2, 3, 9 not only the right to pray, practice and propagate religion (Article 25), the right to maintain places of worship and pilgrimage (Article 24), the right to preserve culture (Article 2 4) But there are also vice versa. The petition states that it is the duty of the state to protect historic places (religious 49) and preserve religious cultural heritage.
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