Gyanvapi Mosque Committee Moves Supreme Court Against High Court's Decision That Suits Aren't Barred By Places Of Worship Act

Awstika Das

1 March 2024 11:48 AM IST

  • Gyanvapi Mosque Committee Moves Supreme Court Against High Courts Decision That Suits Arent Barred By Places Of Worship Act

    In the latest development in the Gyanvapi dispute, the mosque committee has moved the Supreme Court challenging an Allahabad High Court order holding that a batch of civil suits by Hindu parties pending before a Varanasi civil court are not barred by the Places of Worship Act, 1991. This suit, filed in 1991 by Hindu worshippers and on behalf of deities, seek the right to worship in the...

    Awstika Das

    Awstika Das

    Awstika Das, an alumna of the Faculty of Law at the University of Delhi, and the Department of International Relations at Jadavpur University, is a Delhi-based lawyer and a multimedia journalist. She works as a special correspondent covering the Indian Supreme Court. She also hosts a weekly legal news round-up segment on YouTube.

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