[1] It may be downloaded in the PDF format through the website of the Ministry of Home Affairs.
[2] The Act of 1991 opens with the statement: "An Act to prohibit conversion of any place of worship and to provide for the maintenance of the religious character of any place of worship as it existed on the 15th day of August, 1947, and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.
[citation needed] In 2019, The Supreme Court five-judge constitution bench made the following observation which weakened the act: "Historical wrongs cannot be remedied by the people taking the law into their hands.
"[4] In 2021, the Supreme Court judgment had impacts on the Places of Worship Act.
Chandrachud, accepted a petition challenging the constitutional validity of the Places of Worship (Special Provisions) Act, 1991.