With Chief Justice Misra retiring on October 2, a new three-judge Bench would be constituted. The statement meant that no place of worship, be it a temple, church or mosque, is immune from acquisition. Acquisition, Justice Bhushan observed, is a sovereign power. “We have observed above that phrase ‘particular significance’ was used (in the Faruqui verdict) only in context of immunity from acquisition. Hence the said place of worship has immunity from acquisition,” Justice Bhushan explained.

Source: The Hindu September 27, 2018 08:57 UTC