The Supreme Court has declined to hear a new petition challenging the Places of Worship Act, 1991, which maintains the status ...

The Supreme Court on Tuesday refused to entertain a plea challenging the validity of a provision of the Places of Worship ...

The Hindu side has approached the Supreme Court challenging certain provisions of the Places of Worship Act. The Muslim side ...

JAIPUR: The Rajasthan High Court has constituted a five-member commission to investigate the activities of khap panchayats in ...

Devkinandan Thakur Ji, resident of Mathura and a religious guru and advocate Ashwini Upadhyay among others have filed the pleas in the apex court against the 1991 Act. The sections violated ...

Noting multiple “social evils” particularly in the western part of Rajasthan which is stated to include social boycotts, ...

The petitioners’ counsel, Arjun Singh, highlighted that Khap Panchayats in western Rajasthan are issuing orders for social ...

Commission member advocate Devkinandan Vyas said, “The High Court formed the commission to put an end to the arbitrary rulings of khap panchayats.” Other members of the commission include ...

The committee includes advocates Devkinandan Vyas, Ramavtar Singh Chaudhary, Bhagirath Rai, Shobha Prabhakar, and social worker Mahavir Kankaria. The court has directed the Superintendents of ...