Daily Briefing: Finding religious nature not prohibited by 1991 law, says SC on Gyanvapi dispute; PM Modi warns those who create language controversies

Highlighting the “complexity of the issues involved in the civil suit” pending before the Civil Judge (Main Division), Varanasi, over the Gyanvapi dispute “and their sensitivity”, the Supreme Court ordered transfer of the pending procedure to the Varanasi District Judge for “the trial and all interlocutory and incidental proceedings”. He said the suit “should be tried before a senior and experienced judicial officer of the senior judicial service of Uttar Pradesh”.

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Qasim Rasool Ilyas, executive member of the All India Muslim Personal Law Board, in a interview with The Indian Express, discusses the controversy surrounding the Gyanvapi Mosque in Varanasi and the ongoing court case: “Once the Places of Worship Act came into effect in 1991, there is simply no room for controversy over a place of worship. It had been decided unanimously and passed in Parliament, even with the support of the BJP, that after Babri Masjid such matters would be settled…it is extremely disheartening that the lower court allowed the investigation…”

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