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TopicPlaces of Worship Act

Topic: Places of Worship Act

‘Descendants’ of Ram, scholars, lawmakers, here are the Places of Worship Act litigants & their pleas

8 writ petitions—5 seeking to strike down the law and 3 supporting it—are pending in SC. Another 16 intervention applications are challenging the law & 40 are demanding its retention.

Places of Worship Act case: Mosque panel urges SC to close Centre’s right to counter after 4-yr delay

In plea to top court where batch of petitions questioning the 1991 Act’s legal validity are pending for decision, panel alleged Centre deliberately not filing counter to the challenge.

Modi govt yet to make stand clear on Places of Worship Act, chorus to scrap law grows in BJP, RSS

Day after Congress approached SC against defending the law, BJP blames it for denying Hindus 'fundamental rights'. SC will hear the petition challenging the 1991 law on 17 February.

After RJD & AIMIM, Congress likely to move SC seeking strict enforcement of Places of Worship Act

Once filed, petition will mark subtle shift in Congress’s strategy on question of rights of minorities. Decision is outcome of internal debate on need to take a firm stand.

A warped, tragic reincarnation of Hinduism calls itself nationalism: Rajmohan Gandhi

On 12 September 1991, during a debate on the Places of Worship (Special Provisions Bill) in the Rajya Sabha, Rajmohan Gandhi warned that those seeking to right the wrongs of history will only produce destruction.

Serial litigants, spiritual leaders & an ex-royal among petitioners challenging Places of Worship Act

Last week, the CJI directed all courts to hold off on ruling on pleas disputing character of existing places of worship since case concerning challenge to the 1991 Act is pending in SC.

Watch CutTheClutter: Places of Worship Act & implications of SC interim order on ongoing disputes

In Episode 1571, Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta looks at what the CJI-led bench’s order says, and what it means for Gyanvapi, Sambhal and Ajmer Sharif cases.

Gyanvapi to Sambhal & Ajmer Sharif, SC order on Places of Worship Act likely to impact 11 sites

Three-judge bench led by CJI hems in lower courts, restricts them from passing interim or final orders, or ordering surveys in disputes concerning places of worship.

Places of Worship Act: SC says no orders, surveys in pending suits against religious structures

A 3-judge bench led by the Chief Justice said no fresh suits can also be registered while the top court hears pleas challenging the Act.

‘Any alteration is problematic’: MP Chidambaram defends Places of Worship Act

Chidambaram stressed that changing the law would not only disrupt the social harmony but could have broader consequences for India's unity.

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India-US set to ink mini trade deal soon, reach understanding on agricultural & dairy products

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Strategic partner one day, tactical nightmare the next: India’s learning Trumplomacy the hard way

Public, loud, upfront, filled with impropriety and high praise sometimes laced with insults. This is what we call Trumplomacy. But the larger objective is the same: American supremacy.