Ayodhya SC judgement review: a new twist given to the tale
Lucknow,December 9(HS)The Hindu Mahasabha has given a new twist to Ayodhya tale by seeking a review of the Supreme Court’s judgement asking the government to provide five-acre land for construction of a mosque at an alternative site.
The right-wing organisation has filed the review petition,the first from the Hindu side, on Monday.Eight other petitions have been filed by Muslim individuals and organisations,according to reports available here.
The apex court had delivered the judgement on November 9 and given 30 days to seek review of the order.The deadline has ended.
Eight please have been made from the Muslime side.Prominent among them are:the All India Muslim Personal Law Board and Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind.
The Board has supported five of them.Those support by it have been filed by Maulana Mufti Hasbullah, Maulana Mahfoozur Rehman,Haji Mishbahuddin, Mohammad Umar and Haji Nahboob. Mohammad Ayub has moved a petition separately.
Twenty-five litigants in the Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid title dispute had appeared before a Supreme Court-appointed mediation panel which had failed to find a solution outside the Court.The SC later heard the case on a day to day basis and gave its verdit after 40 days’ regular hearing.
The first petition for review was filed in the apex court by Maulana Syed Ashhad Rashidi, UP president of the Jamiat Ulama-e-Hind.
The Shia and Sunni Waqf Board have not gone for review.For them the judgement was the end of the dispute.They wanted to forget about it and move on.
Of the two,representing two Muslim sects,the Sunni Board is yet to decide on the land issue.Some members of the Board are not in favour of land at an alternative site in Ayodhya for the mosque.
The Shia Board on the other hand has offered to build a hospital named after Lord Ram if others do not accept the land at another site.Clearly,there is no unanimity on the review and land issues.
