India's top court has halted new legal actions against places of worship, including mosques, temples and churches until further notice.
India's top court has halted new legal actions against places of worship, including mosques, temples and churches until further notice.The Indian Supreme Court has barred trial courts from registering any new suits against places of worship until they get further orders from the top court.
It also provides “for the maintenance of the religious character of any place of worship as it existed on the 15th day of August 1947." A local court recently accepted a petition to survey a famous 13th-century shrine of a Muslim saint in Ajmer in western Rajasthan state.
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