Ayodhya Verdict: 'Solved problems that divided India'- S Gurumurthy

Bringing down curtains to the seven decades-long Ayodhya land dispute, the Supreme Court pronounced its verdict on November 9, Saturday. RSS ideologue S Gurumurthy, taking to Twitter acknowledged the decision stating it to have solved the problem that has been festering the country for the longest time. He further asserted that the unanimity in the SC judgment is a demonstration of the capacity of judicial leadership.

Furthermore, he hailed the outgoing Chief Justice of India, Ranjan Gogoi, who is retiring on November 17 and said that the decision made by him shows his strength and leadership. 

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Supreme Court's Ayodhya verdict

Pronouncing the landmark judgement in the Ayodhya dispute case, the Supreme Court on Saturday, November 9, delivered a unanimous judgment in the title suit of the disputed area awarding it to the Hindu parties for the construction of a temple. It also directed the Centre to come up with a scheme within three months to set up a trust which will hand over the outer courtyard and inner courtyard of the site for construction of a temple. Apart from this, the SC stated that an alternate land of 5 acres is to be allotted to Muslims for the liberty of constructing a mosque, either by the Centre or the state, in a suitable and prominent place in Ayodhya. CJI Ranjan Gogoi, while delivering the unanimous judgment, dismissed the claims of the Sunni Central Waqf Board and the Nirmohi Akhara. He also termed that the three-way division of the disputed land by the Allahabad HC in its 2010 verdict is wrong.

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