Supreme Court also adjourns Kashi and Mathura dispute with Ayodhya verdict

New delhi date. November 10, 2019, Sunday

A Constitutional Bench of five Supreme Court judges passed a historic verdict on Saturday in the Ayodhya case that paved the way for the construction of the Ram temple. In addition, the Supreme Court in its 1,045-page verdict has put a complete halt on the dispute between the temples of Kashi and Mathura along with Ayodhya.

President of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, Mohan Bhagwat, also welcomed the Supreme Court verdict, pointing out the Kashi and Mathura disputes. The Constitutional Bench of five Supreme Court judges in its ruling laid special emphasis on the Places of Worship (Special Provisions) Act, which was enacted in 1991.

Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi, Justice S.K. a. Bobde, Justice D. Y Chandrachud, Justice Ashok Bhushan and Justice S.K. Abdul Nazir's bench while talking about the secular character of the country.

The Bench also emphasized the protection of the country's religious time keeping status at the current religious sites. With this attitude of the Supreme Court, the possibilities for any kind of change in the current situation in Kashi and Mathura are gone.

The bench, chaired by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi, said the country has taken initiative to strengthen the constitutional commitment and to treat all religions equally and maintain secularism by applying this law.

Union President Mohan Bhagwat also arrived at the Supreme Court verdict on Saturday, saying that we are no longer with those who demanded the construction of a temple in Kashi and Mathura. The union never joined the movements. Our job is to create a mere and only character. Thus, the dispute over the Mathura and Kashi temples in the country has also been stopped.

The Ayodhya dispute became the act

In 1991, the Narasimha Rao government was at the center. At that time, the Ayodhya dispute was at its peak throughout the country. The government may have suspected something like a Babri demolition. Naturally, it was not a dispute about Mayo but Ayodhya. Many religious sites like Kashi and Mathura were also at the center of controversy, whose status was somewhat similar to that of Ayodhya. Parliament passed the Act in 1991 under its special authority, so as not to raise a dispute like the birthplace of Ramzan. The Act was named the Places of Worship (Special Provisions) Act, 1991.

What the law says

The Plessis of Worship (Special Provision) Act, 1991 states that under this Act applicable to the whole country except Jammu and Kashmir, the religious background which was the religion of the country on the 15th of August, 1947 at the time of independence, will remain the same today and in the future. And it cannot be changed in any way, whatever the religion and creed. However, the Ayodhya dispute was excluded from the Act.