Religious places built in public places will no longer be demolished, new law enforced in the state

- At the same time, this law also prevents any religious place from being built in the future without any kind of permission

New delhi date. Monday, October 25, 2021

A new law has been enacted in the southern state of Karnataka following a recent controversy over the demolition of public places of worship. The law has been approved by Governor Thavarchand Gehlot and is now fully implemented. The purpose of this law is to protect religious places built in public places from being demolished.

The law has been dubbed as the Karnataka Religious Structure (Protection) Act and was approved by the Governor on October 19. Now its gazette notification has been made public. The law was recently passed in the legislature.

The controversy erupted after a temple was demolished at Nanjangud in Mysore district last month. Criticism of the BJP government then began. People also protested against the demolition of religious places in this manner. Since then, the state government has hastily brought this law.

Now the new law will protect any religious place built on government land. At the same time, the law prevents any religious place from being built in the future without any permission. There is also a provision in the law that the district administration may allow religious activities at such places of worship.

Apart from that, there is a provision in the law that if the state government, its officials or any employee takes any action under this law, legal action should not be taken against them.