3-judge SC bench to hear pleas on Places of Worship Act on Thursday

The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear on Thursday a batch of PILs challenging the validity of certain provisions of a 1991 law that prohibits filing a lawsuit to reclaim a place of worship or seek......

Jyoti Punwani: December 6, 1992, All Over Again?

Can ordinary citizens counter this backward march? Can peace activists ensure that the two communities retain their bonds? Do they have a choice, asks Jyoti Punwani.   IMAGE: Karsevaks on the......

Rash of suits over shrines after SC's 2023 Gyanvapi order

The Supreme Court's 2023 order, which refused to stay a scientific survey at the Gyanvapi Mosque complex in Varanasi, appears to have given a fillip to different groups to stake claim over several......

HC rejects Muslim side's plea on Mathura temple-mosque dispute

The Allahabad high court on Thursday rejected a plea challenging the maintainability of 18 cases related to the temple-mosque dispute in Mathura, and ruled that the 'religious character' of Shahi......