India's High Court Prospectively Bars Shrines On Public Land

Merinews and the Calcutta Telegraph report on a decision handed down Friday by a 2-judge panel of the Supreme Court of India regarding the building of religious shrines. The decision involved an appeal by the Central government of an order against the government of Gujarat requiring it to remove all religious shrines that encroach on public land. The Apex Court ruled that existing shrines need not be relocated, but ordered the Solicitor General to draft guidelines to prevent future construction of shrines that encroach on public land.