Places of Worship (Special Provisions) Act, 1991

The Supreme Court in its Ayodhya verdict made mention of the Places of Worship (Special Provisions) Act, 1991.

About the Places of Worship (Special Provisions) Act

  • Section 3 of the Act bans the conversion of a place of worship or even a section of it into a place of worship of a different religious denomination or of a different segment of the same religious denomination.
  • The Act also imposes a positive obligation on the State to maintain the religious character of every place of worship as it existed at the time of Independence.
  • Exemptions: This includes the disputed site of Ayodhya and ....
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