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From Babri to Sambhal

The top court’s approach to place of worship cases may have emboldened right-wing groups to take the judicial route to open a can of worms

Sushovan Patnaik

2nd Dec 2024

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SCO Daily: SC Hears Two Cases on Right to Religion

Two Benches of the Supreme Court heard petitions challenging the Places of Worship Act and forced religious coversions.

Ayushi Saraogi and Ajoy Karpuram

15th Nov 2022

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Varanasi District Dismisses Challenges to Gyanvapi Plea

The District Court’s decision to admit Hindu women’s plea to worship at mosque site appears to chip away at the Places of Worship Act

Joyston D'Souza

20th Sep 2022

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SC Daily Update: Gyanvapi Mosque Dispute, challenge to the Places of Worship Act, 1991 and Arguments in the Hijab Ban

The Varanasi District Court rejected the argument that the Places of Worship Act disallows any investigation in the places of worship.

Ayushi Saraogi and Gauri Kashyap

12th Sep 2022

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350 Years of the Gyanvapi Dispute: A Timeline

SCO strings together the many legal and historical threads of the ongoing Gyanvapi dispute.

Aarathi Ganesan

27th May 2022

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Gyanvapi Dispute: The SC’s Divergent Stance on Places of Worship

The SC permitting a survey of Gyanvapi mosque may contradict its views on contested places of worship in the 2019 Ayodhya Judgment.

Ajoy Karpuram

25th May 2022

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Gyanvapi Mosque: SC Says Shiv Lingam To Be Protected Without Restricting Muslims’ Rights

Justices Chandrachud and Narasimha, both previously involved in the Ayodhya Title Dispute, strive for 'balance' in the Gyanvapi mosque case.

Ayushi Saraogi

17th May 2022

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Committee of Management Anjuman Intezamia Masajid Varanasi v Rakhi Singh

The SC will decide if the Varanasi Civil Court’s Order allowing a videographic survey into the origins of the Gyanvapi Mosque violates the Places of Worship (Special Provisions) Act, 1991.

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Bench:D.Y. Chandrachud CJI, P.S. Narasimha J

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