Supreme Court of India starts hearing review petitions on Ayodhya verdict |
The Supreme Court of India on Thursday started the hearing of petitions seeking a review of its landmark verdict on the Ayodhya land dispute case. These petitions, numbering 18 in all and to be heard by a five-member bench, to be headed by Chief Justice of India SA Bobde, will be decided in-chamber and not in open court, as is normal procedure. The petitioners include the All India Muslims Personal Law Board and the Nirmohi Akhara. As many as 40 civil rights activists have also filed review petitions, even though they were not parties to the original case. The petitioners have stressed they do not look to disturb the peace but add that any peace must be conducive to justice. Muslim petitioners have said, with respect to this case, they have always maintained peace but have been victims of violence and unfair treatment. Their review is part of quest for justice. One of the petitions says the top court`s verdict in the case: "Condones serious illegalities of destruction, criminal trespass, and violation of rule of law including damaging the Mosque and eventually destroying it". On November 9 a five-member bench, headed by the then Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi, delivered a unanimous verdict that gave all 2.77 acres of disputed Ayodhya land to Ram Lalla. The top court also directed the central government to provide the Sunni Waqf Board five acres of land, in a "suitable, prominent place in Ayodhya", to build a mosque.
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