The All India Muslim Personal Law Board submitted an application for implication in the case involving the Places of Worship Act, 1991, and defended it by stating that the Act’s goal is to prevent such disruptions of public order, to uphold public peace and tranquilly, and to strengthen the fundamental elements of secularism.
AIMPLB has requested to be impleaded as a party in the case involving the houses of worship act in a petition for impleadment that was filed with the Supreme Court. According to AIMPLB, the Places of Worship Act of 1991 is intended to avoid such disruptions of public order, promote public peace and tranquilly, and enhance the fundamental elements of secularism.
“In the application filed by AIMPLB, it said that “there appears to be a trend of selectively targeting the PIL petitions; selectively targeting the issues relating to a particular minority community with the intention of using the pendency of such cases to fuel hate politics on the ground.”
According to AIMPLB, the court should not permit such unregulated PILs, who also warned that doing so could result in the creation of unneeded new things and a publicity gimmick for the petitioners.
The Places of Worship (Special Provisions) Act, 1991, is being challenged by AIMPLB in a number of PILs. In the application, which also mentioned the Babri Masjid controversy, AIMPLB claimed that the Act’s object and purpose are to end “dated and antiquated claims relating to places of worship.”
“Any dispute relating to place of worship between different communities is highly sensitive and endangers the breach of public order, disturbing the peace and tranquillity of society. Such disputes disturb the social fabric of society by polarising people on the ground of religion. Our country has witnessed blood baths after the controversy erupted in respect of Babri Masjid,” the application said.
The Supreme Court will take up a number of petitions pertaining to the places of worship legislation on Tuesday.
