Ayodhya title suit: Sunni Wakf Board approaches Supreme Court

New Delhi, Dec 14 (PTI) The Sunni Wakf Board Tuesday
moved the Indian Supreme Court challenging the Allahabad High
Court verdict on the Ramjanmbhoomi-Babri Masjid title suits,
contending that the judgement is based on faith and not on
evidence.
The Board submitted in the appeal that the judgement
dividing the 2.77 acres of disputed land into three parts
among Muslims, Hindus and Nirmohi Akhara is not acceptable to
it.
"We have challenged the verdict of the High Court on
the ground that the High Court has committed an error in
holding that the building was at the place of birth of Ram,"
the Board said in its petition.
The title dispute on Ramjanmbhoomi-Babri Masjid
structure has already reached the Supreme Court with Jamiat
Ulama-i-Hind (JUH) challenging the Allahabad High Court's
verdict and Akhil Bharat Hindu Mahasabha filing a caveat to
pre-empt any ex-parte order on the Ayodhya title dispute.
Challenging the verdict of the High Court's Lucknow
bench, the JUH too had submitted in the appeal that the
judgement is based on faith and not on evidence.
"It is humbly submitted that the mosque was illegally
demolished. However, the ruins still exist. The foundation of
the mosque is still intact. Title would not extinguish by
demolishing the mosque.
"Therefore, it was incumbent on the court to uphold
the rule of law and not to validate an illegal act," the
appeal filed by Anis Suhrawady of JuH had said.
"It was nobody's case in the High Court that the
Muslims, Hindus and Nirmohi Akhara were in joint possession of
the disputed premises. The claims of the three sets of
plaintiffs were mutually exclusive in the sense each set of
plaintiffs claimed the entire property as its own and no one
sought a decree for partition of the property," the appeal
had said.
A three-judge bench of the High Court had passed three
separate judgements on September 30 but the majority verdict
held that the area covered by the central dome of the
three-domed structure, where the idol of Lord Rama is
situated, belongs to Hindus.
While two judges were of the view that the entire
disputed land should be divided into three equal parts, each
to be given to Sunni Waqf Board, Nirmohi Akhara and the
parties representing 'Ram Lalla Virajman' (seated Baby Ram),
one of the judges had held that the entire disputed area
belonged to Hindus.
Earlier, a Delhi MLA Shoaib Iqbal had also filed the
appeal in the apex court but the Supreme Court refused to
entertain it saying the petition "is misconceived. Hence
dismissed." PTI RKS
SMT


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