UP civic body polls: 5 factors why elections are litmus Test for Yogi Adityanath govt
UP civic body polls: 5 factors why elections are litmus Test for Yogi Adityanath govt
The First Phase Of Polling For Election To The Civic Bodies In Uttar Pradesh Began On Wednesday. The Voting Is Being Held For Five Municipal Corporations, 71 Nagar Palika Parishads And 154 Nagar Panchayats Spread Over 24 Districts.
News Nation Bureau | Edited By : Gautam Lalotra | Updated on: 22 Nov 2017, 12:06:24 PM
New Delhi:
The first phase of polling for election to the civic bodies in Uttar Pradesh began on Wednesday. The voting is being held for five municipal corporations, 71 nagar palika parishads and 154 nagar panchayats spread over 24 districts.
SC agrees to examine Places of Worship Act
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Published: Friday, March 12, 2021, 14:45 [IST]
New Delhi, Mar 12: The Supreme Court on Friday agreed to examine the validity of the Places of Worship Act. A Bench headed by Chief Justice of India, S A Bobde sought the response of the Centre.
The court is hearing a petition challenging the constitutional validity of act, which barred any litigation seeking to change the character of a religious place from what it was at the time of independence.
The petitioner Ashwini Kumar said that the law is discriminatory as it deprives Hindus, Jains and Buddhists from reclaiming their ancient places o worship which were damaged and converted to Mosques during the reign of Muslim Kings.
Supreme Court notice to Centre as Places of Worship Act challenged
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A three-judge bench led by Chief Justice of India SA Bobde issued notices to the central home and law ministries on Friday, seeking their formal legal submissions so that it may adjudicate on the issue.
The Supreme Court issued notices to the Centre on a fresh petition filed by a BJP leader challenging the constitutionality of the Places of Worship Act, 1947, which freezes the ownership of religious places as they existed at the time of Independence.
A three-judge bench led by Chief Justice of India SA Bobde issued notices to the central home and law ministries on Friday, seeking their formal legal submissions so that it may adjudicate on the issue.
To Plea On Barbaric Invaders In Supreme Court, Centre Asked To Respond The law has made only one exception on the dispute pertaining to the Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri masjid at Ayodhya in Uttar Pradesh.
Updated: March 13, 2021 8:03 am IST
A Supreme Court bench issued notice to the Centre on the plea filed by BJP leader Ashwini Upadhyay
New Delhi:
The Supreme Court sought the Centre s response on Friday to a plea filed before it challenging the validity of certain provisions of a 1991 law, which prohibit the filing of a lawsuit to reclaim a place of worship or seek a change in its character from what prevailed on August 15, 1947.
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