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Congress has reportedly moved an intervention application in the Public Interest Litigation (PIL) filed by BJP leader and lawyer Ashwini Kumar Upadhyay, against the constitutional validity of the Act.
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The Congress party on Thursday moved the Supreme Court to oppose the petitions challenging provisions of the Places of Worship (Special Provisions) Act, 1991.
Congress has reportedly moved an intervention application in the Public Interest Litigation (PIL) filed by BJP leader and lawyer Ashwini Kumar Upadhyay, against the constitutional validity of the Act.
With this, Congress has joined other parties, including Asaduddin Owaisi’s All India Majlis-e-Ittehad-ul-Muslimeen (AIMIM), in moving the Supreme Court to seek implementation of the Act.
In its petition, the Congress clarified that the law is necessary to protect the secular nature of Indian society and warned that changes could endanger the communal harmony of the nation.
“The Applicant seeks to intervene in this matter to emphasise the constitutional and societal significance of the Places of Worship Act, as it apprehends that any alterations to it could jeopardize India’s communal harmony and secular fabric thereby threatening the sovereignty and integrity of the nation,” the political party said in the application, reported Bar and Bench.
Stating that the Places of Worship Act is essential for communal harmony and cordial relations amongst all communities in the country, Congress has alleged that Upadhyay’s plea has been filed with oblique and questionable motives.
On December 12, the top court in previous hearing paused all ongoing surveys of places of worship, including mosques, as ordered by lower courts.
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