The Supreme Court is pronouncing its verdict in Ayodhya's Ram Janmbhoomi-Babri Masjid title suit. All states and Union territories across India have been put on high alert as Centre and state governments are reaching out to public to maintain peace and calm if judgment is not in their favour.
Centre, Uttar Pradesh governments to monitor construction of temple, mosque.Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi on Saturday said that the verdict on the Ayodhya land title dispute case is unanimous and that it will preserve balance.
Delivering a historic verdict in the Ram Janmabhoomi–Babri Masjid land dispute in Ayodhya, a five-judge Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court on Saturday decided unanimously that Ram Janmabhoomi Nyas would get the disputed 2.77-acre land in Ayodhya for building a temple, while the Muslim side would be given 5 acres of alternative land elsewhere in Ayodhya to build a mosque.
The verdict marks another chapter in the centuries-old religious dispute that has been one of the country’s most politically sensitive issues.
The case, which has spanned centuries of religious history and languished in the legal system for almost seven decades, finally seems to have got a closure, with a five-judge Constitution Bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi pronouncing today’s verdict. The Bench also told the central government to formulate a scheme within three months to implement its order.