New Delhi:
Chief Justice of India Sanjeev Khanna has expressed his displeasure over the piles of new petitions filed in the case related to the places of Puja Act, 1991, which due to the replacement of the place of worship or being filed to change its character One stops a lawsuit. “It is enough. It should end,” he commented during a hearing this morning and said that the Supreme Court will not hear a new petition in the case.
The court, however, has allowed an intervention petition to be filed with the additional base, although it refused to issue a notice on the new petitions filed so far.
The Supreme Court’s strict comment was when it continued petitions on the validity of places of worship, which considers importance to demolish Hindu temples.
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On August 15, 1947, a law was passed in 1991 to reject the change of religious character of the place of worship in existence. The Ram Janmabhumi dispute was out of its purview.
The original petition on the validity of the law was filed by Ashwini Kumar Upadhyay, but the court last year stopped the proceedings in 18 cases by the Hindu parties, demanding the recurrence of 10 mosques and from temple disputes Tagged all the related cases simultaneously. This includes the royal Idgah-Kirishna Janmabhumi, Kashi Vishwanath-Gwanwapi Mosque and Sambhal Mosque dispute.
The move saw many opposition parties in favor of the law making a Bline in the apex court, while Hindu groups and right -wing organizations opposed it.
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The Congress, which was in power when the law was passed, and AIMIM of Asaduddin Owaisi are the latest political parties that have shifted the Supreme Court, stating that the law should be strictly implemented. Another petitioner who appeared in the court on Monday told the court that the law should be retained as everyone is eligible to live peacefully.
During the hearing, the CJI said that it had last allowed to file new petitions, but such interventions should be a limit. “Application for latest intervention will be allowed, it has been raised some land that is not yet raised,” CJI Khanna said.
Senior advocate Vikas Singh, who represents the petitioners, also said that a reply is awaited from the Center.
The hearing has been postponed in the first week of April.
