Places of Worship Act case may be taken up in March, CJI indicates
The Hindu
Chief Justice of India delays hearing on Places of Worship Act petitions, highlighting importance of protecting religious sites.
Chief Justice of India Sanjiv Khanna on Monday (February 17, 2025) said the hearing in petitions challenging the Places of Worship Act (Special Provisions) Act of 1991, a statute that has protected the identity and character of religious sites since Independence, may be pushed to March 2025.
The case, pending for over four years, was due to be heard on February 17. However, the third judge on the Bench, Justice K.V. Viswanathan, was unavailable as he was heading another Bench of the apex court.
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Senior advocate Indira Jaising, appearing for one of the petitioners, orally mentioned the case before the two-judge Bench combination of Chief Justice Khanna and Justice Sanjay Kumar.
“It may not be taken up today,” Chief Justice Khanna addressed Ms. Jaising.
The CJI also remarked that a number of petitions have been filed in the case. “We will take it up,” the CJI said.
Ms. Jaising said the court has to frame the issues which have to be addressed in the case.
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