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SC:
PREVENT ‘RELIGIOUS’ ENCROACHMENT ON PUBLIC
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New Delhi:
The Supreme Court of India has sternly directed the
Centre to disallow religious shrines in public places.
According to a directive issued by a Bench comprising
Justice Dalveer Bhandari and Justice Mukundakam Sharma,
the Centre must prevent temple, church, mosque or
gurudwara being constructed on any public place.
The court warned that with-out prior permission if a
religious structure is constructed, the local official
responsible would also be punished.
The court was hearing to an appeal filed by the Centre
against a May 2006 Gujarat High Court order that
directed the municipal corporations in the state to
demolish all illegal structures, including places of
worship, on public roads.
The Centre argued that such a move would cause law and
order problem and pleaded the court to review its
stance.
Acknowledging that removing the existing shrines would
cause chaos, the court ordered that existing shrines on
public land may not be relocated.
“As far as the existing religious institutions are
concerned, we can understand that demolishing them will
create law and order problem, but the Centre must ensure
that no religious place comes up in future in public
places,” it said.
The Centre has been ordered to “file an affidavit within
four weeks to ensure that no temple, church, mosque or
gurudwara is built on a public place.”
The bench has also warned dire consequences on local
officials. “Even if a single institution is put up on
public place, the officers concerned would be suitably
punished,” it said.
Responding to the court, Solicitor-General Gopal
Subramaniam has promised to take up the matter to all
the state governments and come to a consensus on the
issue. The next hearing has been fixed on Sep 29.
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