Ayodhya Verdict: 'Idea of India bigger than any ideology', says Kaif

In light of the Supreme Court’s verdict on the Ayodhya case, wherein the Supreme Court unanimously awarded the disputed area to the Hindu parties for the construction of a temple, former Indian cricketer Mohammad Kaif, on Saturday, November 9, took to Twitter and wrote that India is bigger than any ideology. Kaif further tweeted that "This can only happen in India. Where a Justice Abdul Nazeer is a part of a unanimous verdict. And a KK Muhammed gives historical evidences."

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The former Indian cricketer's tweet:

The verdict in the landmark case

Pronouncing the landmark verdict 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 either by the central govt or the State govt, 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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Ayodhya case in SC

The five-judge bench was constituted on January 25, 2019, to hear the long-contested Ayodhya dispute. As the case progressed after the Centre handed over disputed Ayodhya site to original owners, the bench created a 3-member mediation panel. On August 2, a day after the mediation panel submitted the report of mediation to the SC in a sealed cover, the SC stated that the mediation had failed and began day-to-day hearings — which ran for 40 days, along with a parallel mediation process continuing. On October 4, the SC had announced that it would wrap up the hearing on October 17 and announced the judgement by November 17. Finally, on October 16, the Supreme Court concluded its hearing and reserved its order.

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