: Verdict paves way for endless litigation, more issues to be raked up: Owaisi #IndiaNEWS #Hyderabad Hyderabad: The Varanasi district courts order in the Gyanvapi case opens the door for endless litigation

Verdict paves way for endless litigation, more issues to be raked up: Owaisi #IndiaNEWS #Hyderabad
Hyderabad: The Varanasi district courts order in the Gyanvapi case opens the door for endless litigation and it can be a repeat of the Babri Masjid case, pushing the country once again to the 1980s and 1990s, believes AIMIM president Asaduddin Owaisi.
The MP from Hyderabad is also of the view that the courts order and resultant perpetual litigations could have a destabilising effect on the country.
Owaisi, who had expressed apprehension after the Supreme Court verdict in the Babri Masjid case that more issues will be raked up, feels that his worst fears are coming true.
Stating that with the the Gyanvapi case order, the very purpose of the 1991 Places of Worship Act will fail, the president of All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) voiced the apprehension that now everyone will run to the court claiming that he was doing certain thing at a place of worship or was in possession before August 15, 1947.
I believe this order will lead to many new conflicts in the country. Everyone will say we were doing this (ritual) before August 15, 1947 in the place of worship belonging to another faith, he told IANS.
How can such an order be passed when the Supreme Court clearly said in the Babri Masjid judgment that the 1991 Act will be part of the basic structure of the Constitution? he asked.
The 1991 Act seals the religious character of all places of worship as it stood on August 15, 1947. It prohibits the change in the religious character of a place of worship. According to the Act, the religious character of a place of worship existing on August 15, 1947 shall continue to be the same as it existed on that day.
The legislation was made so that such conflicts end forever but after this (Gyanvapi case) order it looks that litigation will start on all these matters. The aim was to see that past conflicts are put to an end. Now this perpetual litigation will continue. By allowing a litigation to continue, Babri Masjid can be repeated, he said.
What we had feared is unfolding in front of us. You may see more such cases being filed. Where will it end?
Owaisi is of the view that in the light of the 1991 Act and the Supreme Courts order in the Babri Masjid case, the court should have put an end to the conflict at the initial stage.
We were hoping that the court would nip it in the bud but now it appears that if this litigation continues it will go on the path of the Babri Masjid case. It appears we are going back to the 1980s and 1990s. If we go back to that, this will create a destabilisation effect everywhere, said Owaisi.
He recalled that the Babri Masjid verdict was pronounced on the basis of faith. The Supreme Court had made it clear that it will not re-open what had happened in the past and that was there on August 15, 1947, it will continue.

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