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Explained: The Places of Worship Act and why it is being challenged in SC

The Supreme Court is all set to hear a crucial batch of petitions challenging the Places of Worship (Special Provisions) Act, 1991, on December 12. This Act maintains the status of religious sites as they stood on India’s Independence Day and bars legal attempts to alter it. A special bench…

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Appeal to ban right to worship in Gyanvapi Vyas basement rejected, worship to continue

The Allahabad High Court has refused to ban the ongoing puja at Vyas Tehkhana inside the Gyanvapi mosque complex after the completion of the hearing of the appeals challenging the validity of the District Judge's order granting permission to for the prayers. Read further on Dynamite News:

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Allahabad HC reserves order on plea against decision to allow puja in Gyanvapi mosque cellar

Gyanvapi case: Allahabad High Court reserves order on plea challenging Varanasi district court's decision to allow Hindu prayers in Gyanvapi mosque.

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Fear And Triumph As Indian Holy City Mosque Dispute Heats Up

As Hindus began prayers at a mosque in one of India's holiest cities, the building's elderly custodian Syed Mohammad Yaseen wondered how much longer he would be permitted to worship there.

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Muslim leaders denounce Gyanvapi ruling, claim ‘faith in judiciary wearing thin’

The Muslim leaders also expressed “disappointment with various lower level courts for failing to uphold the Places of Worship Act”, and accused the Executive of testing the patience of the Muslim youth.

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Drone surveillance being conducted at Gyanvapi complex amid 'bandh' announcement

Drone surveillance was conducted at the Gyanvapi complex amid the 'bandh' announced by the Muslim community. Read further on Dynamite News:

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Hindus can worship in contested mosque, Indian court rules

Fears decision on Gyanvapi mosque in Varanasi could increase religious tensions and inspire more claims

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SC asks Gyanvapi mosque panel to approach Allahabad HC against order to allow puja

Supreme Court asks Gyanvapi mosque committee to approach Allahabad High Court against Hindu priest's prayers in mosque.

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Gyanvapi mosque | Hindu devotees offer prayers inside mosque complex; Muslim side lawyer to challenge order in Allahabad HC

Varanasi District Administration ensured compliance of Varanasi Court order, allowing Hindu devotees to worship inside the Gyanvapi mosque complex.

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Gyanvapi mosque committee should handover structure to Hindus: VHP chief

VHP calls for the Gyanvapi Mosque in Varanasi to be shifted and handed over to Hindus based on ASI's report.

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Gyanvapi-Kashi Vishwanath Temple: ASI survey report to be made public; both sides to receive hard copy

The Varanasi district Court on Wednesday asked that the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) report be made public today and the hard copy be provided to both sides. Read further on Dynamite News:

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Gyanvapi mosque survey | Varanasi court allows both parties to have access to ASI report

A Varanasi district judge allowed all parties to get the certified copy of the report of Archaeological Survey of India survey done at the Gyanvapi mosque

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Gyanvapi dispute: Court defers decision on making ASI’s scientific survey report public till January 24

Gyanvapi case: Varanasi district court to decide on Jan 24 if ASI's survey report on Gyanvapi mosque should be made public.

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ASI asks Varanasi court not to make Gyanvapi survey report public for four more weeks

The Archeological Survey of India urged a Varanasi court not to make its Gyanvapi mosque complex survey report public for at least four more weeks

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‘Religious character’ of a place of worship can be decided only in a trial, says Allahabad High Court

In is Gyanvapi case order, the Allahabad High Court said, “Religious character cannot be confined in the limits of verbal terminology, as the Places of Worship Act, 1991 has not defined the term ‘religious character’, it could only be decided by the facts and circumstances of each and every case”

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ASI likely to file Gyanvapi survey report in Varanasi court today

The report of the scientific survey of the Gyanvapi mosque conducted by the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) is likely to be presented in the Varanasi court on Monday. Read further on Dynamite News:

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ASI’s survey technique may damage Gyanvapi mosque, says mosque management committee

The committee, which manages the Gyanvapi mosque, has moved an application before the Varanasi district judge claiming that the ASI is not using the GPR technique to conduct the survey which threatens the building of the mosque

The Hindu

Gyanvapi case: fresh application seeks curbs on entry to mosque to protect Hindu symbols

Rakhi Singh files application in Varanasi court to seal areas in Gyanvapi Mosque with Hindu symbols and restrict namaaz visitors. Seeks to protect symbols from Anjuman Masjid Committee and visitors. Application filed to safeguard Hindu symbols found in ASI survey and prevent irreparable injury. High Court dismissed application to seal…

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Owaisi hopes ASI report on Gyanvapi mosque will not open floodgates for ‘1000 Babris’

NEW DELHI: All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) president Asaduddin Owaisi on Saturday expressed apprehensions about the impact of the ASI report after its survey of the Gyanvapi mosque on thousands of other such structures. He expressed the apprehension that the BJP and its ideological parent RSS will set the narrative…

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SC permits ASI's scientific survey atGyanvapimosque complex

A bench comprising Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud and Justices J B Pardiwala and Manoj Misra, however, asked the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) not to take recourse to any invasive act during the survey.

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ASI survey of Gyanvapi complex underway

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Gyanvapi mosque panel moves Supreme Court after Allahabad High Court orders ASI survey

Anjuman Intezamia Masjid Committee moved SC against Allahabad HC order allowing ASI survey at Gyanvapi mosque. CJI said he'll look at email seeking urgent hearing. Hindu side filed caveat in SC. HC dismissed petition filed by Gyanvapi committee challenging district court order.

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Allahabad HC allows ASI to conduct survey of Gyanvapi mosque complex in Varanasi

Allahabad High Court on Thursday allowed the Archaeological Survey of India to conduct a survey of the Gyanvapi mosque complex in Varanasi. Read further on Dynamite News:

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Gyanvapi Mosque case: Allahabad High Court to pronounce order on ASI survey on August 3

Allahabad High Court will pronounce its order on August 3 in the matter related to the survey of the Gyanvapi mosque in Varanasi by the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI). Read further on Dynamite News:

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Allahabad HC extends stay on ASI survey of Gyanvapi premises till July 27

Allahabad High Court stays ASI survey of Gyanvapi mosque till July 27; SC corrects error in July 24 order. Mosque management questions "hot haste" of survey, expresses fear of damage to historic structure. ASI assures survey is "non-invasive". HC reacts sharply to management's apprehensions.

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