MASSIVE: Supreme Court dismisses all 18 review petitions challenging its Ayodhya verdict

In a massive development in Ayodhya verdict, Supreme Court on Thursday has dismissed all 18 review pleas filed in apex court, giving finality to Ayodhya land dispute. 5-judge bench constitution bench comprising of CJI Sharad Bobde and Justices Sanjiv Khanna, Justices DY Chandrachud, Ashok Bhushan and S Abdul Nazeer held an in-chamber meeting on Thursday. decision to scrap all review pleas has been taken unanimously, stating some of those who had filed for review were t a party to original dispute.

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SC dismisses all review petitions for Ayodhya verdict

 review pleas have been filed by Mohammad Siddiq, Farooq Ahmed, Maulana Mufti Hasbulla Misbadin, Haji Mahboob Ahmad, Maulana Mahfuzarrahman, Haji Asad Ahmed, All India Hindu Mahasabha, Shia Central Board, Dr. Muhammad Ayub, Tehreek Farukh A. Islam, Samrat Priyadarshi, Youth Foundation of India, Indian National League, Prabhat Patnaik, Abdul Anees Ansari, Social Democratic Party of India, Dal Chand Kapil, Ambareesh Kumar and Nirmohi Akhada. One of litigants - Jamiat Ulama-i-Hind had stated that re were several discrepancies in verdict. Moreover, 40 academics and activists too had filed a review plea through senior advocate Prashant Bhushan. Several bodies like AIPLMB, Nirmahi Akhara were among those who had filed a review petition. 

Ayodhya Verdict: Disputed land to be given to Hindus, holds SC

Supreme Court's Ayodhya verdict

Prouncing landmark judgment in Ayodhya dispute case on vember 9, Supreme Court, 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 central govt or State govt, 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 Allahabad HC in its 2010 verdict is wrong.

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What is Ayodhya Land dispute?

While dispute of existence of a temple prior to mosque has been contested for 461 years, point of contention started when in December 1949, a crowd entered mosque and installed a Hindu idol beneath Central dome of mosque, believed to be birthplace of Ram. After incident, area was sealed off till 1986 - when it was unsealed on orders of a civil court, allowing Hindus to worship under Central dome of mosque where makeshift temple had been installed. dispute flared in 1992, when disputed structure was demolished, after which five cases were filed in matter, with Allahabad High Court prouncing its verdict in 2010 - splitting  disputed land equally, with a third of property going to each party.

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