The Supreme Court announced that it will deliver the verdict in the Ayodhya title suit on November 8 at 10.30 am.
The current matter before the apex cout is an appeal against the verdict delivered by the Allahabad High Court in 2010. The court had, in the absence of a title, divided the 2.77 acre land at Ayodhya equally between the three primary parties – Bhagwan Ramlalla Virajman, Nirmohi Akhara and Uttar Pradesh Sunni Central Waqf Board.
Now, in a 40-day marathon daily hearing on the matter, all parties have presented their arguments to a Supreme Court Constitutional Bench, headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi and comprising Justices SA Bobde (CJI elect), DY Chandrachud, Ashok Bhushan and S Abdul Nazeer.
The arguments were heard by the bench, which reserved its order on October 16, after Rajeev Dhavan, a senior counsel for the Muslim parties, tore a pictorial map provided by the Hindu Mahasabha purportedly showing the exact birth place of Ram in Ayodhya.
Adequate measures are being taken up by the Centre and security is being beefed up in Ayodhya, as well across Uttar Pradesh ahead of the top court’s ruling on the matter.
The Ministry of Home Affairs has granted 15 companies of paramilitary forces – BSF, RAF, CISF, ITBP and SSP – to Uttar Pradesh. They will be stationed at sensitive areas such as Kanpur, Aligarh, Lucknow, Azamgarh, etc.
Security has been stepped up in Mumbai as well as National Capital of Delhi. Schools in Delhi-NCR, Jammu, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh to remain closed. Section 144 has been imposed across Uttar Pradesh and Bengaluru.
Ahead of the verdict the ruling BJP has advised its cadre to “act responsibly” and follow the code of conduct issued by the party’s top brass.
A 27-year-old man was arrested in Gwalior in Madhya Pradesh for an objectionable post on a WhatsApp group following Saturday's Supreme Court Ayodhya verdict, police said here.
In another development, a Gwalior Central Jail warden was placed under suspension for bursting crackers after the verdict, though higher authorities had barred any such kind of celebrations, officials said.
The Sunni Central Waqf Board today said a decision on whether to accept a five-acre land for building a mosque in Ayodhya will be taken at its meeting likely on November 26.
UP Sunni Central Waqf Board Chairman, Zufar Farooqui told news agency PTI that he was getting diverse views on whether to take the land. "Board's general body meeting is expected on November 26 in which it will be decided whether to take 5-acre land as directed by the Supreme Court or not," he said.
"The meeting was earlier scheduled on Nov 13 but it was postponed and is now expected on Nov 26. I am getting diverse views on taking the land but I personally feel negativity can be won only with positivity," Farooqui said. (PTI)
On the back foot since the NRC in Assam left out over 12 lakh Hindus, mostly Bengalis, the Supreme Court verdict on Ayodhya land dispute has provided the BJP in West Bengal fresh ammunition to polarise the state's electorate ahead of the crucial 2021 assembly polls.
A man has been arrested in Muzaffarnagar, Uttar Pradesh for posting "objectionable" messages on the social media, police said today.
The arrest was made yesterday evening, Superintendent of Police Vijay Kumar Pandey said.
According to an FIR, the man had made remarks against a particular community after the verdict, the SP said. (PTI)
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath yesterday welcomed Supreme Court’s verdict on Ayodhya issue, saying it proved the strength of India's constitutional system and democracy and urged people to maintain peace and harmony.
The chief minister said those who love the country have heartily appreciated the decision.
He also thanked the media for presenting the decision in a positive manner. Adityanath said the Supreme Court's decision has endorsed the resolution of 'Ek Bharat-Shrestha Bharat'. The decision, he said, has been given without any discrimination of class or religion and the way people have accepted it is praiseworthy. (PTI)
A section of Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) students organised a protest-meet yesterday against the Supreme Court’s verdict in the Ayodhya case.
Sharjeel Imam, a JNU student, organised the protest-meet at Sabarmati Dhaba inside the varsity campus.
"We organised a meet to discuss the judgment. We had a copy of the judgment and discussed some crucial portions of it and how the judiciary has again failed us," he said. (PTI)
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Section 144 and other security arrangements enforced in various parts of the country, as a precautionary measure, are yet to be lifted.
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India's credo of unity in diversity was visible in its totality after the Supreme Court verdict on the Ayodhya land dispute as all sections of the society accepted it with an open heart, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Saturday, urging people to shun bitterness and negativity for the sake of a new India. Addressing the nation hours after the top court gave its judgment, Modi said the way each section of the society welcomed the verdict reflects India's ancient traditions of amity and harmony. He said India's credo of unity in diversity is today visible in its totality. (PTI)
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India Inc hailed the Supreme Court's verdict. Anand Mahinda, Chairman of Mahindra Group, tweeted that he salutes the five judges of the Supreme Court for showing "extraordinary courage". "5 men. A decision that 1.3bn people were awaiting. What extraordinary courage it required to be on this bench & what incredible application of mind it must have taken to reach the conclusion. I salute them for doing their duty & upholding the process of justice in our nation," he tweeted.JSW Steel CMD Sajjan Jindal said. "The Supreme Court and the bench must be admired for their unanimity in arriving at a measured judgement that ensures that communities move forward respectfully and work towards a more united nation," (PTI)
No untoward incidents were reported in Telangana and the situation remained peaceful on Saturday in the aftermath of the Supreme Courts verdict in the Ayodhya land dispute case, police said. Security was beefed up in all sensitive areas of the state by deploying additional forces to prevent any untoward incidents ahead of the verdict and all necessary measures were made to maintain peace and law and order, they said. The situation is peaceful in Telangana like in the entire country. All people have shown maturity and they feel the issue has been finally settled, said Jitender, Additional Director General of Police (Law and Order)(PTI)
Chief Justice-Designate SA Bobde described the historic judgement on the temple-mosque land dispute at Ayodhya as an "elaborate" verdict. "It is an elaborate judgement," said Justice Bobde, who will succeed Justice Ranjan Gogoi as the Chief Justice of India.He was the senior-most judge in the bench headed by Chief Justice Gogoi. Other members of the bench were Justices D Y Chandrachud, Ashok Bhushan and S A Nazeer. (PTI)
The Delhi Police used drones to carry out surveillance in parts of the national capital on November 9 in view of the Supreme Court verdict in the Ram Janmbhoomi-Babri Masjid land dispute case, officials said. Drone surveillance, meeting with public, and area patrolling were conducted in several parts of the city, including areas of northeast Delhi, they said. According to officials, Delhi Police Commissioner Amulya Patnaik is taking rounds in the central district of the national capital to check the security situation. While the reserved force of the Delhi Police has been deployed in Jama Masjid area, security in areas of the mixed population is also under the scanner, the police said. Prohibitory orders have been issued across the national capital to maintain public order, they said. (PTI)
BJP veteran LK Advani, a key architect of the Ram Janmabhoomi movement, on November 9wholeheartedly welcomed the historic Supreme Court judgment on the Ayodhya issue, saying that he stood vindicated and felt deeply blessed."I join all my countrymen in wholeheartedly welcoming the historic judgement delivered by the five-member Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court today in the Ayodhya matter," Advani said in a statement. (PTI)
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