SC denies to entertain fresh plea over Places of Worship Act

There are over six petitions, including the lead one filed by lawyer Ashwini Upadhyay, challenging various provisions of the 1991 law are already pending adjudication in the top court. Read further on Dynamite News:

Post Published By: DN Bureau

Updated : 1 April 2025, 3:09 PM IST

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday refused to hear a fresh plea challenging the validity of a provision of the Places of Worship (Special Provisions) Act, 1991, which mandates maintaining the religious character of a place as it existed on August 15, 1947.

There are over six petitions, including the lead one filed by lawyer Ashwini Upadhyay, challenging various provisions of the 1991 law are already pending adjudication in the top court.

On Tuesday, a bench comprising Chief Justice Sanjiv Khanna and Justice Sanjay Kumar was urged by Nitin Upadhyay, a law student, that his plea be also heard alongside pending ones.