[Marxistindia] Stop Legal Disputes on Religious Places

[news from the cpi(m)]

November 28, 2024

 

Press Statement

 

The Polit Bureau of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) has issued the
following statement:

 

Stop Legal Disputes on Religious Places

 

The decision of a civil court in Ajmer, Rajasthan, to entertain a petition
seeking a survey of the Ajmer Sharif Dargah to ascertain if there was a
temple beneath it, is unwarranted and has no legal standing. It goes against
the provisions of the Places of Worship (Special Provisions) Act, 1991,
which decrees that  no legal dispute can be raised on a religious place that
existed prior to August 15, 1947.  

 

The violation of this Act has already resulted in the flawed decision with
regard to the survey of the masjid in Sambhal, that has led to violence and
the death of five persons.  

 

The Supreme Court must immediately intervene to put an end to such legal
proceedings in line with the Places of Worship Act, which the Court itself
had upheld in the Ayodhya judgment of 2019.

 

 

 

(Muralidharan)

For CPI(M) Central Committee office

 

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