The Polit Bureau of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) has issued the following statement:
Stop Legal Disputes on Religious Places
The decision of a civil court in Ajmer, Rajasthan, to entertain a petition seeking a survey of the Ajmer Sharif Dargah to ascertain if there was a temple beneath it, is unwarranted and has no legal standing. It goes against the provisions of the Places of Worship (Special Provisions) Act, 1991, which decrees that no legal dispute can be raised on a religious place that existed prior to August 15, 1947.
The violation of this Act has already resulted in the flawed decision with regard to the survey of the masjid in Sambhal, that has led to violence and the death of five persons.
The Supreme Court must immediately intervene to put an end to such legal proceedings in line with the Places of Worship Act, which the Court itself had upheld in the Ayodhya judgment of 2019.