Supreme Court to hear petitions on constitutionality of Places of Worship Act today

This Act prohibits the filing of lawsuits to reclaim places of worship or change their character from what existed on August 15, 1947.

A special bench consisting of Chief Justice of India Sanjiv Khanna and Justices PV Sanjay Kumar and KV Vishwanathan will hear the case at 3.30 pm.

The pleas challenged the Places of Worship Act saying that the Act takes away the rights of Hindus, Jains, Buddhists, and Sikhs to restore their 'places of worship and pilgrimages', destroyed by invaders.