The Supreme Court on Tuesday directed that there shall be no fresh construction of places of worship at public places throughout the country. A Bench of Justices Dalveer Bhandari and Mukundakam Sharma said in an interim order that the restriction would apply to temples, mosques, churches, gurudwaras and places of worship of all other communities. The Bench said, its order would be enforced till the issue relating to construction of places of worship at public places is finally resolved by the apex court.<br/><br/>The apex court also said that the fate of existing places of worship shall be dealt by the respective state governments on a case to case basis.<br/><br/>
News On AIR | September 30, 2009 12:53 AM
SC restrains construction of places of worship at public places