Today, the Supreme Court heard the PILs challenging the validity of some provisions of the Places of Worship Act-1991. According to the information received, Chief Justice Sanjeev Khanna said that “there will be no hearing on this matter until the Central Government files its reply.” The Chief Justice said that “the Central Government has not filed its reply yet.” On this, the Solicitor General said that “the reply will be filed soon.” Let us tell you that a three-judge bench of Chief Justice Sanjeev Khanna and Justice Sanjay Kumar and Justice KV Vishwanathan is hearing the case. The bench headed by the CJI also said that “as long as we are hearing this matter, no new case will be filed regarding religious places in the country.”
Lower courts will not issue any final order till the next hearing
According to media reports, Chief Justice Sanjeev Khanna has given 4 weeks time to the Center to file a reply. Meanwhile, he also said that “After the Center files its reply, those who want to file a reply can file their reply in 4 weeks.” On this matter, he further said that “We will not be able to decide without the response of the Central Government, we want to know the stand of the Central Government in this matter.” During this, the CJI also said that “various courts which are hearing such cases will not issue any final order till the next hearing in the Supreme Court nor will they give any order on the survey itself.”
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Sections 2, 3 and 4 of the Places of Worship Act have been demanded to be repealed
For information, let us tell you that the Places of Worship Act says that the religious nature of the places of worship existing on 15 August 1947 will remain the same. It prohibits filing a suit to reclaim a religious place or change its form. Many petitions are pending in the Supreme Court regarding this. Let us tell you that in the petition filed by senior advocate Ashwini Upadhyay, sections 2, 3 and 4 of the Places of Worship Act have been demanded to be repealed. He argues that these provisions do not give individuals and religious groups the right to judicial remedy to reclaim places of worship.
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