Home›Sources›Ashwini Kumar Upadhyay v. Union of India, petition challenging the Places of Worship (Special Provisions) Act, 1991SourcesAshwini Kumar Upadhyay v. Union of India, petition challenging the Places of Worship (Special Provisions) Act, 1991Citation FormatsGeneral ReferenceGeneral Reference Citation TextDivinity Atlas. "Ashwini Kumar Upadhyay v. Union of India, petition challenging the Places of Worship (Special Provisions) Act, 1991." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://divinity.interactivelion.com/sources/ashwini-kumar-upadhyay-v-union-of-india-petition-challenging-the-places-of-worship-special-provisions-act-1991.Copy General ReferenceAPA StyleAPA Style Citation TextDivinity Atlas. (n.d.). Ashwini Kumar Upadhyay v. Union of India, petition challenging the Places of Worship (Special Provisions) Act, 1991. Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://divinity.interactivelion.com/sources/ashwini-kumar-upadhyay-v-union-of-india-petition-challenging-the-places-of-worship-special-provisions-act-1991Copy APA StyleBibTeXBibTeX Citation Text@misc{divinityatlas-ashwini-kumar-upadhyay-v-union-of-india, author = {Divinity Atlas}, title = {Ashwini Kumar Upadhyay v. Union of India, petition challenging the Places of Worship (Special Provisions) Act, 1991}, year = {2026}, url = {https://divinity.interactivelion.com/sources/ashwini-kumar-upadhyay-v-union-of-india-petition-challenging-the-places-of-worship-special-provisions-act-1991}, note = {Accessed August 30, 2026} }Copy BibTeXAshwini Kumar Upadhyay v. Union of India, the lead petition filed in 2020 challenging the Places of Worship (Special Provisions) Act, 1991, before the Supreme Court of India, is the primary litigation document confirmed as ongoing before a three-judge bench as of 2025. Its strength is that it is the court's own case record for an active, closely watched constitutional dispute. Its limit is that as an unresolved case, it documents the challenge and its pending status, not a final judicial ruling on the Act's constitutionality, which had not yet been decided at the time of this record.FactsCross-Tradition ConnectionsClaims Backed By This Source (11 claims)Comments (0)Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)FactsAssessmentReliability TierWell-attested1Ashwini Kumar Upadhyay v. Union of India, the lead petition filed in 2020 challenging the Places of Worship (Special Provisions) Act, 1991, before the Supreme Court of India, the top tier reflecting the court's own case record for an active, closely watched constitutional dispute, confirmed ongoing before a three-judge bench as of 2025. Its limit is that as an unresolved case, it documents the challenge and its pending status, not a final judicial ruling on the Act's constitutionality.NotesWell-attestedThe Supreme Court of India's own case record for the petition challenging the Places of Worship (Special Provisions) Act, 1991 (2020); the court record itself, not an independent legal-historical analysis.CitationAuthorWell-attestedSupreme Court of IndiaPublication YearWell-attested2020Source TypeWell-attestedCase lawCross-Tradition ConnectionsAssociated WithIndia, Countries Well-attested This source names India directly: "Union of India, the lead petition filed in 2020 challenging the Places of Worship (Special Provisions) Act, 1991, before the Supreme Court of India, is the primary litigation document confirmed as..."Source Ashwini Kumar Upadhyay v. Union of India, petition challenging the Places of Worship (Special Provisions) Act, 1991Supreme Court of Indiatier 1Claims Backed By This Source (11 claims)This source backs 11 claims across the atlas. As facts: 8 well-attested, 1 scholarly debate. As cited relationships: 1 holds. Plus 1 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.Disposition By TopicSources, 7 claims: 6 well-attested, 1 holds.Articles, 2 claims: 2 well-attested.Religious Legal Instruments, 2 claims: 1 scholarly debate, 1 general references.Well-attested8ArticlesA Statute Under ChallengeWhat the Act FreezesSourcesAshwini Kumar Upadhyay v. Union of India, petition challenging the Places of Worship (Special Provisions) Act, 1991Scholarly debate1Religious Legal InstrumentsThe Places of Worship (Special Provisions) Act, 1991Holds1SourcesAshwini Kumar Upadhyay v. Union of India, petition challenging the Places of Worship (Special Provisions) Act, 1991General References1Religious Legal InstrumentsThe Places of Worship (Special Provisions) Act, 1991Comments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.View At A Past YearThe atlas records no dated fact of its own for this entry, so there is no other year to choose.Show This Year