The Supreme Court docket of India on Thursday restrained all of the courts within the nation from entertaining and passing any efficient interim or remaining orders on any lawsuits looking for reliefs together with survey of spiritual locations below the 1991 regulation.
The 1991 regulation prohibits the conversion of anyplace of worship and ensures the preservation of its non secular character because it existed on August 15, 1947.
A 3-judge bench of Chief Justice Sanjiv Khanna, Justices Sanjay Kumar and Ok.V. Viswanathan heard the matter.
Throughout at present’s proceedings, the Supreme Court docket requested the Centre to answer to cross-pleas difficult or looking for the implementation of the statute.
“Software for impleadment stands allowed. Union has not filed a counter, let the counter filed inside 4 weeks. Respondents to do the identical. Copy of counter to be served on petitioners. Petitioner shall file rejoinder inside four weeks after counter,” CJI Sanjiv Khanna stated.
These fits embody the Shahi Jama Masjid in Sambhal, the Gyanvapi Mosque in Varanasi, the Shahi Eidgah Masjid in Mathura and the Ajmer Dargah in Rajasthan. Muslim events have challenged the maintainability of those fits by citing the Locations of Worship Act.
The bench directed the Centre to file its reply to the pleas and cross-pleas inside 4 weeks and granted an extra 4 weeks for different events to file their rejoinders after the Centre’s reply.
The bench acknowledged that it might proceed the listening to after the completion of pleadings. Within the meantime, it allowed numerous events together with Muslim our bodies to intervene within the proceedings.
(With PTI Inputs)
