Ayodhya verdict puts closure to old dispute: Ram Vilas Paswan

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) ally and Union minister Ram Vilas Paswan asserted on Saturday that Supreme Court verdict on Ayodhya issue has put a closure to dispute that h lingered for more than a century. " Supreme Court has given a very clear and unanimous verdict. Sentiments of all parties have been respected in this unanimous judgment. It has put a closure to dispute that has lingered for centuries," Lok Janshakti Party leer was quoted as saying.

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" entire nation respects this historic verdict, thanks to Supreme Court," Paswan said.

Supreme Court's Ayodhya verdict

Prouncing landmark judgment in Ayodhya dispute case, Supreme Court on Saturday, delivered a unanimous judgment in title suit of disputed area awarding it to Hindu parties for construction of a temple. It also directed Centre to come up with a scheme within three months to set up a trust which will hand over outer courtyard and inner courtyard of site for construction of a temple. Apart from this, SC stated that an alternate land of 5 acres is to be allotted to Muslims for liberty of constructing a mosque, eir by Centre or state, in a suitable and prominent place in Ayodhya. CJI Ranjan Gogoi, while delivering unanimous judgment, dismissed claims of Sunni Central Waqf Board and Nirmohi Akhara. He also termed that three-way division of disputed land by Allahab HC in its 2010 verdict is wrong.

Ayodhya case in SC

five-judge bench was constituted on January 25, 2019, to hear long-contested Ayodhya dispute. As case progressed after Centre handed over disputed Ayodhya site to original owners, bench created a 3-member mediation panel. On August 2, a day after mediation panel submitted report of mediation to SC in a sealed cover, SC stated that mediation h failed and began day-to-day hearings — which ran for 40 days, along with a parallel mediation process continuing. SC anunced that it would wrap up hearing on October 17 and anunce its judgment by vember 17. Finally, on October 16, Supreme Court concluded its hearing, reserved its order and mediation panel submitting its settlement report before Supreme Court after Sunni Waqf board surrendered its claim over disputed land in Ayodhya.

(With PTI inputs)

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