New Delhi, Feb 17 (UNI) The Supreme Court on Monday raised concerns over the increasing number of intervention applications filed in the ongoing challenge to the Places of Worship (Special Provisions) Act, 1991.
A Bench comprising Chief Justice of India (CJI) Sanjiv Khanna and Justice PV Sanjay Kumar emphasized the need to limit such applications. "We will not take up the Places of Worship Act matter today. It is a three-judge Bench matter. Too many petitions have been filed. The matter will be listed sometime in March. There is a limit to interventions being filed," remarked CJI Khanna before scheduling the next hearing.
The case has attracted intervention applications from various political parties and leaders, including the Congress party, Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) [CPI(ML)], Jamiat Ulama-I-Hind, and All India Majlis-e-Ittehad-ul-Muslimeen (AIMIM) chief Asaduddin Owaisi. These parties have defended the validity of the Act and opposed petitions challenging its provisions.