'Wrong committed must be remedied': What SC said while ordering a 5-acre site for mosque in Ayodhya?
The Supreme Court made some observations while ordering a 5-acre plot to the Muslims for a mosque. Here are key points made by the 5-judge bench:
Putting an end to a centuries-old dispute that has divided the Indian politics since its independence, the Supreme Court on Saturday delivered a historic judgment in the Ayodhya title suit case, paving way for construction of a Ram temple at the disputed site by a trust.
In a unanimous 5-0 judgement, the five-judge bench of the apex court headed by Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi said it is not concerned with faith and belief and treated the case as a title dispute over land between three parties -- the Sunni Muslim Waqf Board, the Nirmohi Akhara and Ram Lalla Virajman.
The verdict was pronounced on 14 appeals filed in the apex court against the 2010 Allahabad High Court judgment that divided the 2.77-acre land in Ayodhya equally between three parties.
The judgment was delivered at the end of a marathon 40-day hearing which was concluded on October 16. The apex court bench also comprised Justices SA Bobde, DY Chandrachud, Ashok Bhushan and S Abdul Nazeer.
The court also ruled that an alternative five-acre plot must be allotted to the Sunni Central Waqf Board for construction of a mosque in Ayodhya. While ordering this, the top court said the destruction of the 16th century Babri Mosque was a wrong that "must be remedied."
The Supreme Court made some observations while ordering a 5-acre plot to the Muslims for a mosque. Here are key points made by the 5-judge bench: