Court verdict on Ayodhya dispute on Sept 24

The much-awaited verdict on the title suit of the disputed site at Ayodhya will be pronounced on September 24 by the Lucknow bench of the Allahabad high court.

The special bench had concluded arguments on July 26 in the long pending case relating to ownership of the Ayodhya land to which Hindus and Muslims had been making rival claims over the past one and a quarter century.

While Hindus claimed the land to be the site of the birthplace of their most revered Lord Ram, Muslims asserted their right over the same as the site of a 16th century mosque claimed to have been built by the first Mughal emperor Babur in the ancient town of Ayodhya, about 120 km from Lucknow.

The three-judge special bench, comprising Justice SU Khan, Justice Sudhir Agarwal and Justice Dharamvir Sharma, had on July 26 reserved the judgment. The contentious litigation had been going on before different courts for exactly 125 years.

- Asian Tribune -