The Supreme Court on Monday refused to stay Hindu prayers in the southern cellar of the Gyanvapi mosque in Varanasi
AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi. (File pic/South First)
AIMIM president Asaduddin Owaisi on Monday, 1 April, said the Places of Worship Act, 1991, imposes a non-derogable obligation towards enforcing commitment to secularism under the Indian Constitution.
Tagging a media report on the Supreme Court refusing to stay Hindu prayers in the southern cellar of Gyanvapi mosque, the Hyderabad MP in a post on ‘X’ said: “The Places of Worship Act imposes a non-derogable obligation towards enforcing our commitment to secularism under the Indian Constitution…Non-retrogression is a foundational feature of the fundamental constitutional principles of which secularism is a core component. The Places of Worship Act is thus a legislative intervention which preserves non-retrogression as an essential feature of our secular values.”
The Places of Worship (Special Provisions) Act, 1991, states that the religious character of a place of worship existing as of 15 August 1947 shall continue to be the same. The Supreme COURt had mentioned the Places of Worship Act in its 2019 Babri Masjid verdict.
The AIMIM chief further said, “Constrained to remind the Court of its own precedent”.
“The Places of Worship Act imposes a non-derogable obligation towards enforcing our commitment to secularism under the Indian Constitution….Non-retrogression is a foundational feature of the fundamental constitutional principles of which secularism is a core component. The… https://t.co/ZmfFPYwbvO
— Asaduddin Owaisi (@asadowaisi) April 1, 2024
The Legislation (Places of Worship Act, 1991) prohibits conversion of any place of worship and provides for the maintenance of the religious character of any place of worship as it existed on 15 August 1947.
The Supreme Court on Monday refused to stay the Hindu prayers in the southern cellar of the Gyanvapi mosque in Varanasi even as it ordered a “status quo” on the religious observances by both the Hindu and Muslim sides inside the mosque premises.
The court was hearing a fresh plea of the Gyanvapi mosque management committee against an Allahabad High Court decision upholding a lower court’s order allowing Hindu prayers in the southern cellar of the mosque.
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