Supreme Court to hear petitions challenging Places Of Worship Act on Dec 12

New Delhi, 12/12: A Supreme Court’s special bench led by Chief Justice of India Sanjiv Khanna would on December 12 take up a batch of petitions challenging validity of the Places of Worship (Special Provisions) Act, 1991.

The law enacted by the P V Narasimha Rao government at the height of Ram temple movement is meant to protect status of religious places as existed on August 15, 1947.