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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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J&K HC Questions Occupancy of Govt Accommodation by 48 Politicians with Personal Homes

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J&K HC Questions Occupancy of Govt Accommodation by 48 Politicians with Personal Homes

In the order, the division bench comprising chief justice N Kotiswar Singh and justice Rajesh Sekhri directed the petitioner’s counsel Sheikh Shakeel Ahmed and senior additional advocate general (AAG) SS Nanda appearing for the estates department to furnish a list of the politicians who own houses in Jammu or Kashmir as mentioned in a status report filed on March 28 A division bench of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh high court on Friday sought details of 48 politicians, who despite having personal houses, continue to occupy ministerial bungalows in twin…

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