PRAYAGRAJ: As the hearing of Gyanvapi case resumed in the Allahabad high court on Tuesday, the counsel for Gyanvapi mosque argued that in view of the provisions of section 4 of the Places of Worship (Special Provisions) Act, 1991, the suit filed in Varanasi court is barred by law as this provision bars filing of suit or any other legal proceedings with respect to conversion of religious character of any place of worship existing on August 15, 1947.
Hence, no claim can be made regarding a religious place which existed on August 15, 1947. As per the Act of 1991, no relief can be sought for changing the status of any religious place as it existed on August 15, 1947, contended the petitioner's counsel.
