But another senior Supreme Court lawyer, Aruneshwar Gupta, tells Outlook that more petitions are soon going to be filed in the Supreme Court demanding revocation of the PoW Act and even the AMASR Act, 1958. Gupta bills both laws as “constitutional conspiracy” against Hindu religion and Indian democracy. According to him, these laws flatly contradict the Constitution as they allegedly encroached upon the right to freedom of religion (enshrined in articles 25-28) and hamper India’s economic growth. “Hinduism exists in temples—which can broadly be classified into three categories: First, the ancient temples like 51 Shakti Peethas and 12 Jyotirlingas, where the deity or the cosmic divine energy already existed. Second, places where saints and their disciples have done meditation (for centuries). And third, the temples that are over 2,000 years old including Buddhist and Jain temples,” Gupta says, claiming both Buddhism and Jainism as part of Hindu religion, which according to him is a manifestation of “decentralised spirituality”. Coming back to three categories of the temples, Gupta asserts, “Whether you destroy a temple or a symbol, the cosmic energy doesn’t disappear.”