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Places of Worship Act, 1991
The Supreme Court of India has recently asked the Centre to respond to a plea challenging the Places of Worship (Special Provisions) Act, 1991.
About Places of Worship (Special Provisions) Act, 1991
- The law seeks to maintain the “religious character” of places of worship as it was in 1947 — except in the case of the Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid dispute, which was already in court.
- The law was brought in at the peak of the Ram Mandir movement, exactly a year before the demolition of the Babri Masjid.
- Also, the Supreme Court, in the landmark Ayodhya ....
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