SC To Hear Plea By Gyanvapi Mosque Committee Against Allahabad HC Order

The Supreme Court of India today heard a plea filed by Gyanvapi Mosque Committee against an earlier order of the Allahabad High Court wherein it was held that suits instituted by the Hindu side were not barred by the Places of Worship Act 1991.

Bench comprising Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud, Justice JB Pardiwala and Justice Manoj Misra heard the instant plea which pertained to a suit which had been preferred by the Hindu parties seeking reliefs in the nature of the right to worship and restoration of the Gyanvapi Mosque to its original status, purportedly a temple.

The special leave petition has been filed by Anjuman Intezamia Masjid. The Court has directed the instant petition to be tagged with other similar pleas.

The Places of Worship Act 1991 prohibits conversion of religious places from the date of India's independence. The only exception as per the Act was the Ram Janmabhoomi - Babri Masjid. However, many suits for right to worship and restoration have been filed in the near past by several Hindus seeking reliefs of the nature prohibited by the Places of Worship Act 1991.

Source: Live Law