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A temple is consecrated

In the Ram Janmabhoomi litigation, more than a century of faith-based contestation came down to possessory rights in a title suit

21st Jan 2024

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Varanasi District Dismisses Challenges to Gyanvapi Plea

The District Court’s decision to admit Hindu women’s plea to worship at mosque site appears to chip away at the Places of Worship Act

20th Sep 2022

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SC Daily Update: Gyanvapi Mosque Dispute, challenge to the Places of Worship Act, 1991 and Arguments in the Hijab Ban

The Varanasi District Court rejected the argument that the Places of Worship Act disallows any investigation in the places of worship.

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12th Sep 2022

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Looking Ahead: The Court in July 2022

The Court is set to hear a slew of important cases in July 2022—will citizens be able to tune in?

2nd Jul 2022

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Monthly Review: May 2022

SC judges begin summer vacation after a month of hearings on religion, administration and freedom of speech.

2nd Jun 2022

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350 Years of the Gyanvapi Dispute: A Timeline

SCO strings together the many legal and historical threads of the ongoing Gyanvapi dispute.

27th May 2022

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Gyanvapi Dispute: The SC’s Divergent Stance on Places of Worship

The SC permitting a survey of Gyanvapi mosque may contradict its views on contested places of worship in the 2019 Ayodhya Judgment.

25th May 2022

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Gyanvapi Mosque: SC Says Shiv Lingam To Be Protected Without Restricting Muslims’ Rights

Justices Chandrachud and Narasimha, both previously involved in the Ayodhya Title Dispute, strive for 'balance' in the Gyanvapi mosque case.

17th May 2022

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Committee of Management Anjuman Intezamia Masajid Varanasi v Rakhi Singh

The SC will decide if the Varanasi Civil Court’s Order allowing a videographic survey into the origins of the Gyanvapi Mosque violates the Places of Worship (Special Provisions) Act, 1991.

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Bench:D.Y. Chandrachud CJI, P.S. Narasimha J

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