NEW DELHI, Feb. 24 -- In a setback to Hindutva forces wanting to reclaim mosques and dargahs built after demolishing temples in the distant past, the Supreme Court on Monday, February 17, 2025, declined to hear a bunch of petitions questioning the constitutional validity of the Places of Worship (Special Provisions) Act 1991.

Deferring the hearing of petitions challenging the Places of Worship Act, 1991, a Bench of the Supreme Court comprising Chief Justice of India Sanjiv Khanna and Justice Sanjay Kumar expressed strong displeasure over the flood of new intervention applications in the matter.

When several lawyers wanted to file new intervention applications, CJI Khanna remarked, "We might not be able to take it up ... There is a limit...