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Reopening of the land dispute case of Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid

The Supreme Court had begun the hearing over Ayodhya’s Ram-Janmabhoomi Babri Masjid dispute matter.

The 2.77-acre land in Ayodhya has been partitioned among the Sunni Waqf Board, the Nirmohi Akhara and Ram Lalla.

Acquisition of Certain Areas of Ayodhya Act, 1993 breach over the right to religion of Hindus guaranteed and protected.

The Supreme Court had begun the hearing over Ayodhya’s Ram-Janmabhoomi Babri Masjid dispute matter.

A five-judge constitution namely Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi, Justice S A Bobde, D Y Chandrachud, Ashok Bhushan and S Abdul Nazeer are hearing the case.

Against the Allahabad High Court judgment of 2010, fourteen appeals have been filed.

The 2.77-acre land in Ayodhya has been partitioned among the Sunni Waqf Board, the Nirmohi Akhara and Ram Lalla.

Reconstitution of a five-judge bench was done on January 25 where Justice N V Ramana was dismissed.

Justice Bhushan and Nazeer were part of the new bench. The bench was earlier headed by the then Dipak Misra (now retired), Chief Justice of India.

On September 2018, a three-judge bench refused to discuss the matter with a five-judge bench to reconsider the judgment of 1994 that mosque was not vital to Islam.

On January 10, Justice Lalit refused to participate in the hearing as he was a lawyer for Kalyan Singh, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister in the year 1997.

On January 29, the Centre had moved to the apex court to retain the 67-acre certain land.

The plot was demolished by ‘kar sevaks’ on December 6, 1992, was within the 2.77-acre land.

The Ram Janambhoomi Nyas (RJN) is the owner of the 42 acres non-disputed land.

In 2003, the 67 acres non-disputed land was decided to hand over to the original owners.

Over the government acquired land, seven individuals filed a case among them two were Lucknow based.

Shishir Chaturvedi and Sanjay Mishra, the petitioners agreed that Acquisition of Certain Areas of Ayodhya Act, 1993 breach over the right to religion of Hindus guaranteed and protected under all individuals are entitled to the freedom of conscience and free profession, practice and propagation of religion, Article 25 of the Constitution.

The court has restrained the government from meddling with the land that belongs to Shri Ram Janam Bhoomi Nyas, Manas Bhavan, Sankat Mochan Mandir, Ram Janmasthan Temple, Janki Mahal, and Katha Mandap.

It also claimed that the entire dispute debarred the Hindus to perform their fundamental rights under Article 25.

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said that nothing is impossible for Prime Minister Narendra Modi and he can change impossible to possible and that building a large Ram temple in Ayodhya is a matter of belief of millions of Indians.