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The Supreme Court has pronounced
its verdict on the Ayodhya issue.
While honouring this decision of
the court, we all should maintain
mutual harmony. This is a time for
brotherhood, trust and love among
us all Indians
RAhul GAndhI
Congress leader
We welcome this decision of the
Supreme Court. This case was going
on for decades and it has reached
the right conclusion. This should
not be seen as a win or loss. We
also welcome everyone’’s efforts
to maintain peace and harmony in
society.
We wanted the issue to end, this
has happened. All sides (of the
case) were evaluated and truth and
justice have been highlighted.
There was a historic background
to the RSS being involved with
Ayodhya, as an organisation we
don’t otherwise involve ourselves in
agitations and we will revert to our
man making mission
MohAn BhAGWAT
rss Chief
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scheme should provide for construction of a tem-
ple at the dispute site, the Court observed.
Nine years after the Allahabad High Court’s ver-
dict in the Ayodhya case, the Supreme Court afive
judge constitution bench headed by chief justice
of India Ranjan Gogai with Justices SB Bobade, Dr.
Dhananjay Chandrachud, Ashok Bhushan and S
Abdul Nazeer unanimously ordered the govern-
ment to acquire land on an alternative site for a
mosque to be built. The dispute, which dates back
over a century, concluded after 40 days of intense-
ly loaded arguments in the Supreme Court.
The apex court dismissed the Suit 3 instituted by
Nirmohi Akhara as barred by limitation whereas
Suit 4 instituted by the Sunni Central Waqf Board
and other plaintiffs are held to be within limitation.
The court reversed the judgment of the High Court
that dismissed the Waqf Board suit on the grounds
of limitation. The court held Suit 5 file on behalf of
The Supreme Court says
that the underlying
structure below the
disputed site at Ayodhya
was not an Islamic
structure, but the ASI
has not established
whether a temple was
demolished to build a
mosque
deities as its next friend to be within limitation.
The apex court directed that the Central Govern-
ment shall, within a period of three months from
the date of this judgment, formulate a scheme pur-
suant to the powers vested in it under Sections 6
and 7 of the Acquisitionof Certain Area at Ayodhya
Act 1993. The scheme shall envisage the setting up
of a trust with a Board of Trustees or any other ap-
propriate body under Section 6.
The court further elaborated that the scheme to
ayodhy
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be framed by the Central Government shall make i welcome the verdict. But the trust
necessary provisions in regard to the functioning
of the trust or body including on matters relating that will look after the construction
to the management of the trust, the powers of the of the ram temple will have to be
trustees including the construction of a temple considerate about keeping intact
and all necessary, incidental and supplemental unity among people
matters. Possession of the inner and outer court-
yards of the demolished shrine shall be handed
over to the Board of Trustees of the Trust or to the
body so constituted. The Central Government will
beatliberty to make suitable provisions in respect
of the rest of the acquired land by handing it over
to the Trust orbody for management and develop-
ment in terms of the scheme framed in accord-
ance with the above directions.
The apex court using its powers under Article Murli Manohar JoShi
142 that empowers it to do complete justice in a Senior BJP leader
matter, directed for the allotment of land to the
Sunni Central Waqf Board in Suit 4 and framing
of a scheme wherein appropriate representation
may be given in the Trust or body, to the Nirmohi it is a historic and landmark judgement of the
apex court which everyone should respect. i
Akhara in such manner as the Central Govern- also feel that the judgement will strengthen
ment deems fit.
Simultaneously, with the handing over of the the country’’s social fabric
disputed property to the Trust or body under
clause 2 above, a suitable plot of land measuring
5 acres shall be handed over to the Sunni Central
Waqf Board by the Central Government or State
Government. Sunni Wakf Board at liberty to con-
struct a mosque at the allotted land.
The landshall be allotted either by: (a) The Cen-
tral Government out of the landacquired under
the Ayodhya Act 1993; or (b) The State Government raJnath Singh
at a suitable prominent place in Ayodhya.The Cen- defence MiniSter
tral Government and the State Government shall
act in consultation with eachother to effectuate
the above allotmentin the period stipulated. The
court decreed the suit in terms of clear directives. While respecting the historic,
The court also affirmed the right of the Nirmohi unanimous decision given by the Supreme
Akhara to worship at the disputed property sub- court in relation to the ram Janmbhoomi-Babri
ject to any restrictions imposed by the relevant
authorities with respect to the maintenance of Masjid land dispute today as per the secular
constitution of Param Pujya Baba Saheb dr
peace and order and the performance of orderly Bhimrao ambedkar, all future action should
worship.
The Supreme Court has accepted the Allahabad only be taken in an amicable atmosphere. this
High Court view that idols were placed inside the is an appeal and suggestion
central dome of Babri Masjid on the intervening
night of December 22-23 in 1949. It added that
underlying structure which was “not Islamic in
nature”. The artefacts recovered have a distinct
non-Islamic nature.The court said that itcan’t
reject the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI)
report as conjectura. “The ASI report leads to the
conclusion that Babri mosque was not constructed
on vacant land.” MayaWati
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