New Delhi: The hearing was held on Wednesday in the Supreme Court on the petitions filed against the Places of Worship Act 1991 i.e. Places of Worship Act. On the petitions challenging the Places of Worship Act, the Supreme Court issued notice to the Central Government and ordered it to file a reply within two weeks. Let us tell you that in the earlier hearing, the CJI had asked the Central Government if the notice had been issued to you long back, do you want to file a reply or not? Now the Supreme Court will hear the matter on November 14.
In fact, during the hearing of the case, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court UU Lalit said that we want to know what is the side of the central government. The bench asked SG Tushar Mehta by when will you file the reply. On this, SG Mehta said that he will file the reply in two weeks. The Places of Worship Act (Places of Worship Act) was passed by the Parliament on September 18, 1991. Under this act, only the Ram temple dispute case was set aside. In the Kashi-Mathura dispute case, the Muslim side is protesting by arguing for this act. The Supreme Court is examining the legality of this act on the petitions filed seeking to repeal the act.
Notice issued last year
Let us tell you that in March 2021, the court issued notice on two petitions of advocates Ashwani Kumar and Vishnu Jain. However, no reply has been filed by the central government yet. The petition filed by Devkinandan Thakur, a resident of Mathura, has challenged the validity of sections 2, 3, and 4 of the 1991 Act. The petition has claimed that it takes away the right of Hindus, Jains, Buddhists, and Sikhs to their places of worship and pilgrimage and judicial remedies to take back the property which belonged to the deity.
Know what is this law
Actually, the Places of Worship Act i.e. the Place of Worship Act is such a law, which prohibits changing the nature of any place of worship that existed on 15 August 1947. The Gyanvapi Masjid in Varanasi and the Sri Krishna Janmabhoomi-Shahi Idgah Masjid in Mathura were brought to the limelight by new lawsuits seeking ownership and worship rights by Hindu parties to a 1991 law.
