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Four-Year Delay: Mosque Committee Seeks Supreme Court Action Against Centre’s Inaction

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Four-Year Delay: Mosque Committee Seeks Supreme Court Action Against Centre’s Inaction

Places of Worship Act case: Mosque panel urges SC to close Centre’s right to counter after 4-yr delay New Delhi: The Shahi Masjid Committee of Mathura has moved the Supreme Court criticising the Union government for not filing its response to petitions challenging the Places of Worship Act despite four opportunities given by the court to do so in the last four years. In an application filed before the top court where a batch of petitions questioning the 1991 Act’s legal validity are pending for a decision, the committee alleged…

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Supreme Court Rejects Public Interest Litigation on Shahi Idgah-Krishna Janmabhoomi Dispute

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Supreme Court Rejects Public Interest Litigation on Shahi Idgah-Krishna Janmabhoomi Dispute

The PIL demanded an archaeological survey of Mathura’s Shahi Idgah Mosque and declaration of the site as Shree Krishna Janmabhoomi The Supreme Court on Friday refused to entertain a public interest litigation (PIL) demanding an archaeological survey of Mathura’s Shahi Idgah Mosque and declaration of the site as Shree Krishna Janmabhoomi, noting that multiplicity of litigation was not proper when a bundle of civil suits on the issue was being adjudicated. “Let’s not have a multiplicity of litigation. You filed it as a PIL, which is why it was rejected.…

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