The Supreme Court has pronounced its judgement in the long pending Babri Masjid demolition and disputed land case in Ayodhya, ruling that the Ramjanmaboomi Nyas (Hindus) will have ownership of the disputed site and is free to build a temple at that place. The Supreme Court has given the entire disputed 2.77-acre land to the Hindus, with a trust to be formed by the Centre within three months to monitor the construction of a Ram Temple.
The Supreme Court has pronounced its judgement in the long pending Babri Masjid demolition and disputed land case in Ayodhya, ruling that the Ramjanmaboomi Nyas (Hindus) will have ownership of the disputed site and is free to build a temple at that place. The Supreme Court has given the entire disputed 2.77-acre land to the Hindus, with a trust to be formed by the Centre within three months to monitor the construction of a Ram Temple.
A suitable plot of land measuring five acres to be handed over to Sunni Waqf Board either by the Central Government or the State Government. Sunni Wakf Board is at liberty to construct a mosque at the allotted land.
Nirmohi Akhara also suffered a setback with the court saying it is not a ‘shebait’ or devotee of the deity Ram Lalla. The CJI Ranjan Gogoi-led bench of Justices SA Bobde, DY Chandrachud, Ashok Bhushan and S Abdul Nazeer, said the Akhara's suit was barred by limitation. The Ayodhya title suit verdict comes 9 years after the 2:1 judgment of the Allahabad High Court that ordered a three-way division of the disputed 2.77 acres of land between the three parties—Ram Lalla, Sunni Waqf Board and the Nirmohi Akhara. The Lucknow Bench of the High Court, on September 30, 2010, held that Hindus and Muslims as joint title holders of the disputed land.
On balance of probabilities, it was ruled that there was clear evidence that Hindus worshipped in the Outer Courtyard. As regards Inner Courtyard, the Court ruled that there was no evidence by Muslims to show exclusive possession by them prior to 1857.
The Court has also said that the demolition of Babri Masjid was a serious violation of law and the placement of idols in the mosque in 1949 is also illegal.