Mathura: Fresh plea seeks presence of ASI official during Shahi Idgah survey

Meanwhile, the Shahi Idgah committee has objected to the court order allowing the survey.

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· Jan 04, 2023 · 10:23 am

Mathura: Shahi Idgah mosque files objection against court’s survey order

The order was passed by a civil court on a plea claiming that the mosque was built over the birthplace of the deity Krishna.

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· Jan 03, 2023 · 10:26 am

Mathura court orders survey of city’s Shahi Idgah mosque

The survey will be carried out by court officials and submitted by January 20.

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· Dec 24, 2022 · 04:59 pm

What the push by individual states for Uniform Civil Codes would mean for Indian federalism

If states were to replace religious-identity-based laws, it would remove barriers from seeking rights-based family law claims.

Akshat Agarwal

· Nov 18, 2022 · 09:00 am

Places of Worship Act: Supreme Court tells Centre to state its stand by December 12

The law bars any changes to the religious character of places of worship as they stood at the time of Independence.

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· Nov 14, 2022 · 05:04 pm

SC grants Centre two weeks to respond to pleas challenging Places of Worship Act

The law bars any changes to the religious character of a place in independent India.

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· Oct 12, 2022 · 01:20 pm

Delhi court dismisses plea by man claiming ownership of Qutub Minar land

The applicant said that he is the descendent of a ruler named Raja Rohini Raman Dhwaj Prasad Singh, who died in 1950.

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· Sep 20, 2022 · 06:58 pm

Why the debate around the age of Aisha, the Prophet’s wife, is irrelevant

Why project a modern-day worldview onto the 7th century when the age of marriage has evolved over time?

Nabeela Jamil

· Jun 06, 2022 · 07:30 am

Gyanvapi case: Hindutva group files plea seeking to ban Muslims from mosque complex

The petition which was filed at a Varanasi district court has been transferred to a fast-track court.

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· May 25, 2022 · 12:42 pm

Delhi court reserves order on plea to restore temples claimed to be inside Qutub Minar complex

The Archeological Survey of India said that Hindu sculptures exist in the monument but right to worship cannot be claimed there.

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· May 24, 2022 · 05:07 pm

Gyanvapi case: Varanasi court to hear mosque committee’s application on May 26

The court directed both the Hindu and Muslim litigants to file any objections to the report of a survey commission within seven days.

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· May 24, 2022 · 03:41 pm

Gyanvapi mosque case: Varanasi district court to decide on priority of applications tomorrow

The judge will decide whether to invite objections to the survey report first or hear a plea on the maintainability of the Hindu side’s petition.

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· May 23, 2022 · 03:26 pm