As long as Indian courts are allowed to defy the spirit of the Places of Worship Act, 1991, bloodshed will follow the ...

Flooding driven by heavy rains in southern Thailand has killed nine people and displaced more than 13,000, officials said on ...

Supreme Court case challenges 1991 Act protecting religious sites, sparking debate on history, faith, and legal rights.

The Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) survey of these mosques, over petitions filed by Hindu bodies, has fuelled an ...

Jairam Ramesh says oral observations made by ex-CJI D.Y. Chandrachud in May 2022 seem to have opened a "Pandora's box" ...

A court hearing a plea of a Hindu outfit, which had sought permission to worship at Jama Masjid Shamsi here claiming it was a ...

What is the Places of Worship Act, and What does the Supreme Court of India have to do with Sambhal and other such cases?

Congress leader highlights relevance of 1991 Places of Worship Act due to recent oral observations by Chief Justice ...

The petition in Sambhal is similar to ones made in the cases of Varanasi’s Gyanvapi mosque and Mathura’s Shahi Idgah. At the heart of the matter is the interpretation of the Places of Worship Act, 199 ...

Peace and harmony must be maintained”, said CJI Sanjiv Khanna on 29 November while putting a halt to the proceedings in ...