The special bench constituted by the apex court to hear a clutch of pending petitions challenging the constitutional validity of the Act has forbidden the filing of any new petitions challenging the current status of places of worship. The Act under fire had left only the Ayodhya issue to be decided by the courts and froze the status of any place of worship as it was on the day of India’s independence
The PIL in Supreme Court seeking declaration that Section 2, 3, 4 of the Places of Worship (Special Provisions) Act, 1991 is void and unconstitutional for being violative of Articles 14, 15, 21, 25, 26, 29 of the Constitution has been filed by Swami Jeetendranand Saraswatee.
The Court has dismissed the plea on ground that the Places of Worship (Special Provisions) Act, 1991, had exempted litigation on ownership over disputed Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid litigation, but had barred any other court from entertaining litigation.