Lawyers representing the Masjid Committee moved the Supreme Court Registrar requesting for urgent hearing of its application seeking status quo at the mosque site.
The Places of Worship Act aims to forbid the conversion of any place of worship and ensure the preservation of its religious character as it existed on August 15, 1947, the day of independence from colonial rule.
The Allahabad High Court has held that if there is no other factor, just refusal to marry does not come within the purview of abetment to suicide, therefore it will not be called an offence under the Indian Penal Code (IPC).
The court has directed the state government counsel to communicate the court’s concern to the appropriate authorities of the state so that a proper solution to this problem may be evolved benefiting the public at large.
In a recent development, the Allahabad High Court has ruled that civil suits filed by Hindu worshippers and deity seeking restoration of temple at the Mosque premises are not barred by the Places of Worship Act.
The court, while hearing a batch of petitions including a plea challenging a 1991 civil suit filed by Hindu worshippers seeking the right to worship in the Gyanvapi mosque, noted that civil suits are not barred by the Places of Worship Act.
The petition filed by Madhu Dubey, mother of Akansha Dubey, seeks a probe by the central agency, alleging that the conduct of the local police in the matter does not inspire confidence.
The Lucknow bench of the high court on Wednesday stayed the government's order suspending the licence of the hospital over the death of a 22-year-old woman after a surgery.
A bench of Justices Abhay S. Oka and Pankaj Mithal ordered the petitioner to pay costs of Rs.25,000 by way of a donation to any institution carrying out charitable work.
The Supreme Court noted that more than 60 pages synopsis was "uncalled for" in the facts of the case when the impugned HC order ran merely into 5 pages.
The Allahabad High Court directed to maintain status quo till October 5 on a piece of land at Dayalbagh in Agra on which Radha Soami Satsang Bhawan is situated.
Allahabad High Court on Thursday said strikes cannot be a solution and added the institution of justice and courts of law cannot be equated with industrial establishments.
The SC Collegium said that it has consulted other Judges of the Supreme Court who are conversant with the affairs of the Allahabad High Court in terms of the Memorandum of Procedure.
UP Bar Council have decided to return to work from Monday after the Allahabad High Court formed a six-member judicial committee to look into the matter.
