Ayodhya case | Questions not to Hindu side, only to us: Muslim parties

Muslim parties alleged before Supreme Court on Monday, October 14, that questions are asked only to m and t posed to Hindu side in politically sensitive Ram Janmabhoomi land dispute case at Ayodhya. This comment was me by senior vocate Rajeev Dhavan, appearing for Muslim parties, before a 5-judge Constitution bench heed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi. "Your Lordship didn't ask question to or side. All questions have been asked to us only. Of course, we are answering m." Dhavan told bench on 38th day of crucial hearing in case.

C S Vaidyanathan says, "totally unwarranted"

submission was vehemently opposed by senior vocate C S Vaidyanathan, representing deity 'Ram Lalla', who said: "This is totally unwarranted". Dhavan's remark came when bench, which also comprises justices S A Bobde, D Y Chandrachud, Ashok Bhushan and S A Nazeer, said that idea behind erecting iron railing at disputed site was to separate inner courtyard from outer courtyard. By putting up an iron railing, idea was to separate Hindus and Muslims and it was to appreciate fact that Hindus were offering prayers in outer-courtyard where 'Ram Chabutra', 'Sita Rasoi', 'Bhandar Grih' were situated, court said.

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bench also took te of Dhavan's submissions that Hindus only h "prescriptive right" to enter and offer prayer at site and it does t mean that y h ownership claim over disputed property. As you say y h right to pray and enter, does it t dilute your right to ownership, bench asked, ding in case of "exclusive ownership" over a property, can a third person be allowed entry and prayer right. protracted hearing in case has entered crucial final leg on Monday as top court resumed proceedings on 38th day after week-long Dussehra break.

Fourteen appeals have been filed in apex court against 2010 Allahab High Court judgment, delivered in four civil suits, that 2.77-acre land in Ayodhya be partitioned equally among three parties -- Sunni Waqf Board, Nirmohi Akhara and Ram Lalla.

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