PLACES OF WORSHIP ACT Subject: Legislations Context: The Supreme Court on Friday sought the Centre sought the Centre’s response on a PIL challenging the constitutional validity of the Places of worship act, 1991. Concept: Objective of the Act: To freeze the status of any place of worship as it existed on August 15, […]

Subject: Polity Context: JamiatUlema-I-Hind, a muslimorganisation has moved the Supreme Court seeking impleadment in a plea filed by a Hindu organisation, VishwaBhadra Pujari PurohitMahasangh, which has challenged a provision of the 1991 Places of Worship Act. Concept: Passed in 1991, the Act sought to maintain the status quo of the religious shrines as it existed at the time […]