The historic verdict of the Supreme Court on the Ayodhya issue on Saturday coincided with the 30th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, a fact highlighted by Prime Minister Narendra Modi as he urged people to shun any bitterness and come together to build a new India.
Senior advocate Rajeev Dhavan, a doyen of legal profession who represented the Muslim parties during the dramatic 40-day-long hearing of the Ayodhya title dispute case, had given up practice after a courtroom spat two years ago but he reconsidered his decision later. And he drew praise for his representation of the Sunni Waqf Board and other Muslim parties in the sensitive case.
The Supreme Court, while paving the way on Saturday for the construction of a Ram Temple at the disputed site in Ayodhya, took note of the testimonies of various witnesses examined by the counsel for deity 'Ram Lalla" during the hearings.
PM Modi reminded all Indians of a 'greater responsibility' towards their duties, towards obedience of law.
The five judge Supreme Court bench which delivered the Ayodhya Judgment. (From L to R): Justice Ashok Bhushan, Justice SA Bobde, Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi, Justice DY Chandrachud and Justice S Abdul Nazeer.
Terming the Ayodhya Verdict 'historic' and a herald of a 'new beginning', PM Narendra Modi told Indians that it was a time to come together and co-exist peacefully. The Prime Minister addressed the nation about Ayodhya verdict on Saturday.
This decision of the Supreme Court has brought a new dawn for us. After this decision, we have to make a resolution that now a new generation will start building a new India, says PM Modi
PM Modi will address the nation shortly, likely to talk about Ayodhya verdict
Accepting the Supreme Court verdict in the Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid title dispute case, the Shahi Imam of the Jama Masjid in Delhi, Syed Ahmed Bukhari, said on Saturday the matter should not be stretched further. He said Muslims in the country want peace and they had already said that they would accept whatever judgment the apex court delivers.
Seventy years after the first court case was filed in the dispute post-Independence, the Supreme Court today delivered its verdict in the Ram Janmbhoomi-Babri Masjid title suit.
Government formation in Maharashtra is likely to be delayed due to the Supreme Court's Ayodhya verdict, Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut hinted on Saturday. The Supreme Court on Saturday cleared the way for the construction of a Ram Temple at the disputed site at Ayodhya and directed the Centre to allot a 5-acre plot to the Sunni Waqf Board for building a mosque.
Seventy years after the first court case was filed in the dispute post-Independence, the Supreme Court today delivered its verdict in the Ram Janmbhoomi-Babri Masjid title suit.
K K Muhammed, former regional director (North), Archaeological Survey of India (ASI): I feel vindicated (he had said Ram temple existed before Babri mosque in Ayodhya), I was hounded by a group of people.
Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi has planned a dinner with the four judges on the Ayodhya bench -- Chief Justice-designate S.A. Bobde, Justice Ashok Bhushan, Justice D.Y. Chandrachud and Justice S.A. Nazeer -- at Taj Mansingh in the capital on Saturday.
In a unanimous verdict, the court paved the way for the construction of a Ram temple at the disputed site at Ayodhya and directed the Centre to allot an alternative 5-acre plot to the Sunni Waqf Board for building a new mosque at a "prominent" place in the holy town in Uttar Pradesh.
"Not satisfied with the verdict. Supreme Court is indeed supreme but not infallible. We have full faith in the constitution, we were fighting for our right, we don't need 5 acre land as donation. We should reject this 5 acre land offer, don't patronize us," Asaduddin Owaisi said.
The hearing in the politically and religiously sensitive decades-old temple-mosque land dispute in Ayodhya was the second longest proceedings in the history of the Supreme Court which had lasted for 40 days. The high voltage hearing in the Ram Janambhoomi-Babri Masjid dispute involving 2.77 acres of land had commenced on August 6 and concluded on October 16, and the apex court pronounced the verdict on Saturday.
Full text of the SC verdict on Ayodhya runs into 1,045 pages and has a number of provisions. The verdict talks in detail of all the issues concerned with the Ayodhya land dispute.
In an unanimous verdict, the Supreme Court on Saturday paved the way for the construction of a Ram Temple at the disputed site at Ayodhya, and directed the Centre to allot an alternative 5-acre plot to the Sunni Waqf Board for building a new mosque at a "prominent" place in the holy town in Uttar Pradesh.
Spiritual leader Sri Sri Ravishankar, who was part of a three-member mediation panel in the Ram Janmbhoomi-Babri Masjid title suit, on Saturday described the Supreme Court verdict on the matter as "historic" and said it has brought "joy and relief" to people of both the communities from a long-standing dispute.
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