New Delhi, April 1 -- The Supreme Court on Tuesday refused to entertain a writ petition challenging the validity of Section 4(2) of the Places of Worship Act, 1991.
This provision mandates that any legal proceedings regarding the religious character of a place of worship, initiated before August 15, 1947, shall abate upon the commencement of the Act.
However, the Court granted liberty to the petitioner to file an application in the pending challenge to the Act under Ashwani Kuar Upadhyay v. Union of India.
The Court is already considering multiple petitions regarding the validity of the Places of Worship Act.
A bench comprising Chief Justice of India Sanjiv Khanna, Justice P.V. Sanjay Kumar, and Justice K.V. Viswanathan previously pass...