The biggest takeaway from a plea filed by five Hindu women seeking the right to worship deities inside the Gyanvapi Masjid complex is that it appears to have found a way around the Places of Worship (Special Provisions) Act, the 1991 law that was enacted to specifically forestall this kind of litigation. Lawyers representing the […]
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A new petition filed by a Hindu body in a local court in Agra — asking for authorities to excavate under a mosque on the premises of the Agra Fort — has, once again, shown why the government needs to make its stance clear on the 1991 Places of Worship Act and the Supreme Court […]