Thursday, September 30, 2010

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Ayodhya verdict: live updates

A long-awaited court ruling has been issued over the holy site at Ayodhya which is disputed by Muslims and Hindus. Follow live updates on the aftermath of the ruling
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A Hindu priest celebrates after Ayodhya verdict
A Hindu priest celebrates after the Ayodhya verdict. The court decided against a claim that the Babri Masjid mosque should be rebuilt on the site. Photograph: Mukesh Gupta/REUTERS
1.31pm:
Police have arrested more than 10,000 people to prevent them from inciting violence, according to Jason's full report on the verdict.
1.25pm:
Mohan Bhagwat, head of the Hindu nationalist group Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, said the verdict should not be seen as victory for any group.
But he is quoted in the Hindu claiming the judgement paves the way for the construction of a Hindu Ram temple.
"The judgement is not a win or loss for anybody. We invite everybody, including Muslims, to help build the temple," he said.
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Ayodhya verdict

17:30 Justice Khan says in his judgment summary: 1. The site was a mosque that was constructed over ruins of temples for a long time but both Muslims and Hindus worshipped there. He also holds that: “10. That  both the parties have failed to prove commencement  of their title hence by virtue of Section 110 Evidence Act both are held to be joint title holders on the basis of joint possession.”
“Accordingly,  all   the  three sets  of  parties,   i.e.  Muslims,  Hindus  and Nirmohi  Akhara are declared joint title holders of the property/ premises in dispute as described by letters A B C D E F in the map Plan-I prepared by Sri Shiv Shanker Lal, Pleader/ Commissioner appointed by Court in Suit No.1 to the extent of one third share each for using and managing the same for worshipping. A preliminary decree to this effect is passed.”
Summaries and 'gists' of judgments published on official site http://www.rjbm.nic.in/
Hon'ble Dharam Veer Sharma, J.
17:04 The place immediately below dome will go to Hindus - Nirmohi Akhara, and the other portion will go to Sunni Wakf central board, says Bhatt, who is Ram Lalla's lawyer. The third portion would go to Ram Lalla himself - not sure how that will work. For 3 months status quo should not be disturbed...
16:58 The 1961 suit by Sunni Wakf board rejected because it was 6 years too late, says KN Bhatt - the Lawyer of Ram Lalla. He tells IBN Live that the place immediately below the dome where the idol was the birthplace of Lord Rama.
Meanwhile, in another video feed piped into the background on IBN, footage of intimidating marching soliders and riot police in full regalia.

Still not clear exactly how land will be divided into three. Bhatt says that court apparently decided that the Babri site was a mosque.
16:54 The land would be divided into 3 parts, says IBN Live, after a number of lawyers have spoken.
16:52 The Mumbai streets were fairly empty an hour ago – any update on what’s going on outside? Everyone glued to TV or business as usual. To break the tension, just in on Twitter: “RT @mojorojo: BREAKING NEWS: Ayodhya now only computer in the world that has 1/3 GB Ram.”
16:45 @Livemint just tweeted: “Even though Ayodhya is the birth place of Ram, only 1/3rd of land should be allocated to Hindus, and 1/3 for Mosque” – Not sure whether true or where came from.
16:43Lawyer and BJP leader Ravi Shankar Prasad said that the basic title suit Sunni has been rejected, according to IBN TV. Apparently two-to-one the judges decided that the Babri Masjid location was the place of Ram Lalla’s birth. Again, judgment not uploaded yet nor proper information available.
16:36 Apparently the lawyers for the Hindu side have breached the embargo on public statements and have quoted selectively from the case, says IBN Live. Website still down…
16:29 Journo on IBN Live overhears some lawyers saying that both suits were barred by time due to the statute of limitations… Status quo would prevail. Sounds pretty hazy for now, let’s wait for the judgment…
16:22 There is a special website set up and it’s still running! http://www.rjbm.nic.in/ -- right now it says in big black letters: “Judgement shall be made available soon”
16:15 New and old media overdrive: More than 100 tweets on Ayodhya every minute. All TV channels on full Ayodhyah rotation. Hundreds of hacks are assembled outside court, says Times of India. A gentleman on IBN Live TV reassures antsy presenter than the judgment will be in English and not in Hindi. They speculate whether the HC website can take the hits (no, it can’t – still offline…).
16:02 The Allahabad High Court website is inaccessible, according to posts on Twitter and Legally India experience. Verdict will be available on Allahabad HC website at 4pm, says news ticker on www.indiatvnews.com. Unsurprisingly a lot of people seem interested in the judgment, apart from just journos.
15:55 The judgment by the court in the Ayodyha title dispute is expected at 4pm today. According to media reports, each of the three judges will give separate judgments in the case.
The Lucknow bench of the High Court bench consists of Justice DV Sharma, who will retire on Friday, and SU Khan and Sudhir Agarwal.
This post will be updated throughout the day.
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Ayodhya High court

Ayodhya verdict: Allahabad High Court says divide land in 3 way

Lucknow:  Sixty years after it first went to court, the Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court has pronounced its judgement in the Ayodhya title suit.

Senior advocate and BJP leader Ravi Shankar Prasad emerged from court today to say that the three-judge bench had ruled in a majority judgement 2:1, that one-third part of the disputed land should be given to the Sunni Waqf Board, one-third to the Nirmohi Akhara and one-third to the party for 'Ram Lalla'. Prasad represents one of the litigants.(Watch: Nobody's victory or loss says RSS)

Ravi Shankar Prasad claimed the court had ruled that the place where the idol of Ram was kept was the birthplace of the deity and the idols should not removed. (Watch: Sunni Waqf Board's suit dismissed, says lawyer)

Prasad claimed that the court had asked for a status quo for three months and in that time the litigants had to decide how to split the party. (Read: Ayodhya dispute timeline)

Litigants emerged from the courtroom with copies of the judgment and there has been chaos outside the Lucknow court ever since.

The Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court comprising Justice S U Khan, Justice Sudhir Agarwal and Justice D V Sharma, delivered the judgement today. (Watch: The background to the Ayodhya dispute)

The dispute at hand is about whether the 2.7 acres of disputed land on which the Babri Masjid stood before it was demolished on December 6, 1992, belongs to the Sunni Central Waqf Board or to the Akhil Bharat Hindu Mahasabha.

It has been a protracted legal battle, and people across the country have spoken in one voice on the need to maintain peace and harmony irrespective of the verdict.


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