Ayodhya countdown begins: Political leaders appeal for peace, security measures stepped up
5 years, 2 months ago

Ayodhya countdown begins: Political leaders appeal for peace, security measures stepped up

India Today  

Ahead of the crucial Supreme Court verdict in the Ayodhya dispute case, political leaders cutting across party lines have appealed for maintaining harmony. Yogi Adityanath Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath asked his ministers to refrain from making any controversial statements ahead of the Supreme Court verdict in the Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid title dispute case on November 17. RSS In anticipation of the Supreme Court verdict in the Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid title dispute case, the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh has cancelled all its official functions scheduled for November. Eyes on social media Uttar Pradesh Director General of Police OP Singh has said that the police would not hesitate to book offenders on social media platforms under the National Security Act if they caused a law and order situation in the view the Supreme Court verdict on Ayodhya.

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'Hindus demanding temple are 'dictators-tyrants', always against the law': Retired SC judge cries foul over Supreme Court's verdict on Ram Mandir
1 month ago

'Hindus demanding temple are 'dictators-tyrants', always against the law': Retired SC judge cries foul over Supreme Court's verdict on Ram Mandir

Op India  

The Supreme Court in the year 2019 concluded the long-standing controversy revolving around Ayodhya’s Ram Janmahoomi by delivering a verdict in favour of truth. On Thursday, 6th December, former Supreme Court judge Justice Rohinton Nariman criticized the 5 judge bench that delivered the Ayodhya verdict 5 years ago and said that the verdict was nothing but a ‘mockery of justice’ …

Ayodhya Ram Mandir: A complete timeline of the journey leading to 'Pran Pratishtha'
11 months, 2 weeks ago

Ayodhya Ram Mandir: A complete timeline of the journey leading to 'Pran Pratishtha'

New Indian Express  

March 21, 2017: SC says Ayodhya issue is highly sensitive, should be resolved out of court. Other members were Justice SA Bobde, Justice NV Ramanna, Justice UU Lalit and Justice DY Chandrachud Jan 10, 2019: Justice Lalit recuses as he had represented Kalyan Singh, one of the accused in Babri demolition, as a lawyer Jan 25, 2019: The bench is …

After Ayodhya, another mosque-temple dispute brews in India’s UP
3 years, 9 months ago

After Ayodhya, another mosque-temple dispute brews in India’s UP

Al Jazeera  

New Delhi, India – A court in India’s Uttar Pradesh state has passed an order related to a dispute over a centuries-old mosque and a temple situated next to each other – a case reminiscent of a similar and bloody dispute in another temple town, controversially resolved in 2019. The court in Varanasi town on Thursday directed the Archaeological Survey …

Babri Mosque Demolition Verdict Boost to BJP as Party Hails Acquittal of All 32 Accused
4 years, 3 months ago

Babri Mosque Demolition Verdict Boost to BJP as Party Hails Acquittal of All 32 Accused

News 18  

The acquittal of senior BJP leaders and Hindutva activists in the Babri mosque demolition case on Wednesday has come as a big boost to the saffron party whose leaders have insisted that the razing of the disputed structure in Ayodhya was a spontaneous act and not part of any conspiracy. The special CBI court’s order effectively absolves the BJP of …

‘Acquit all in Babri case for unity’: Muslim litigant Iqbal Ansari
4 years, 3 months ago

‘Acquit all in Babri case for unity’: Muslim litigant Iqbal Ansari

Hindustan Times  

Iqbal Ansari, who was one of the litigants in the Ayodhya title suit in the Supreme Court, on Thursday appealed to the special CBI court to acquit all 32 accused in the Babri Masjid demolition case in the larger interest of Hindu-Muslim unity. It is my personal opinion that the CBI court must acquit all 32 accused to end the …

Peace Party in SC files curative petition in Ayodhya land dispute case
4 years, 11 months ago

Peace Party in SC files curative petition in Ayodhya land dispute case

India Today  

A curative petition was filed in the politically sensitive Ram Janambhoom-Babri Masjid land dispute case on Tuesday challenging the November 9 verdict which cleared the way for construction of a Ram Temple at the disputed site at Ayodhya. The curative petition filed by Mohammed Ayyub, President of Peace Party of India, contended as erroneous the November 9 judgment and said …

SC dismisses all 18 petitions seeking review of the historic Ayodhya verdict
5 years ago

SC dismisses all 18 petitions seeking review of the historic Ayodhya verdict

Op India  

The five-judge SC bench headed bu CJI SA Bobde has dismissed all petitions seeking review of Ayodhya verdict of November 9, which in a landmark decision handed over the entire disputed land to Ram Lalla, the deity, for a Ram temple to be built at the site. #MandirDebateOver | SC’s 5-judge bench headed by CJI S A Bobde dismisses all …

Ayodhya judgment: Supreme Court to conduct in-chamber hearing of petitions seeking review of its 9 Nov ruling today
5 years ago

Ayodhya judgment: Supreme Court to conduct in-chamber hearing of petitions seeking review of its 9 Nov ruling today

Firstpost  

On 2 December, the first plea seeking review of Ayodhya verdict was filed by Maulana Syed Ashhad Rashidi, legal heir of original litigant M Siddiq and also the Uttar Pradesh president of the Jamiat Ulama-e-Hind. The Supreme Court will hold an in-chamber hearing on Thursday of a batch of review petitions filed against the 9 November Ayodhya verdict, which gave …

10 key arguments in 18 Ayodhya review petitions before Supreme Court today
5 years ago

10 key arguments in 18 Ayodhya review petitions before Supreme Court today

Hindustan Times  

New Delhi: Five judges of the Supreme Court will hear the review petitions challenging the top court’s November 9 judgment in the Ayodhya title suit at 1.40pm on Thursday. Five judges of the Supreme Court will hear the review petitions challenging the top court’s November 9 judgment in the Ayodhya title at 1.40 pm on Thursday. Court rewarded crimes by …

Supreme Court To Begin In-Chamber Review Of Ayodhya Verdict Today
5 years ago

Supreme Court To Begin In-Chamber Review Of Ayodhya Verdict Today

ABP News  

The Supreme Court will consider in-chamber review petitions challenging the November 9 verdict in the Ayodhya title dispute on Thursday. On Wednesday, the Nirmohi Akhara also filed a review seeking clarification on its role and extent of representation of Nirmohi Akhara in the trust directed to be created through the apex court judgement. The Akhara also sought restoration of other …

SC to begin in-chamber review of Ayodhya verdict on Thursday
5 years ago

SC to begin in-chamber review of Ayodhya verdict on Thursday

India TV News  

The Supreme Court will consider in-chamber review petitions challenging the November 9 verdict in the Ayodhya title dispute on Thursday. On Wednesday, the Nirmohi Akhara also filed a review seeking clarification on its role and extent of representation of Nirmohi Akhara in the trust directed to be created through the apex court judgement. The first review plea was filed on …

Ajit Doval lauds Yogi Adityanath government for handling Ayodhya verdict
5 years ago

Ajit Doval lauds Yogi Adityanath government for handling Ayodhya verdict

India TV News  

National Security Advisor Ajit Doval has sent a letter of appreciation to Uttar Pradesh Chief Secretary R.K. Tiwari for his "commendable effort in handling the situation in Uttar Pradesh, following the Ayodhya verdict". The review petition urged the apex court to institute a full bench for hearing the review petition, as this is not merely a title dispute but "a …

Ayodhya verdict: 40 prominent persons file joint review plea
5 years, 1 month ago

Ayodhya verdict: 40 prominent persons file joint review plea

The Hindu  

Forty prominent persons have filed a joint review petition against the Constitution Bench judgment of the Supreme Court in the Ayodhya appeals in early November, saying the verdict has a direct impact on the secular fabric of the country. They submitted that though they were not part of the original Ayodhya land title dispute suit, they have found that the …

6 seek review of Ayodhya verdict: Claim Nov 9 judgment condoned illegalities
5 years, 1 month ago

6 seek review of Ayodhya verdict: Claim Nov 9 judgment condoned illegalities

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: The All India Muslim Personal Law Board on Friday said that the Ayodhya verdict, which stated that the entire disputed site must be handed over to a trust for the construction of Lord Rama’s temple, was a “failure rather than a fulfilment of complete justice” as the judgment was “contrary to law and self-contradictory”. Pointing to a number …

Ayodhya remains calm on Babri anniversary, tight security measures in place
5 years, 1 month ago

Ayodhya remains calm on Babri anniversary, tight security measures in place

India Today  

The 27th anniversary on Friday of the Babri Masjid's demolition here is likely to be a low key affair with both Hindu and Muslim religious leaders downplaying the occasion and tight security measures being in place, less than a month after the Supreme Court's contentious verdict in the land dispute case. The All India Muslim Personal Law Board has said …

Tight security in Ayodhya ahead of December 6 anniversary
5 years, 1 month ago

Tight security in Ayodhya ahead of December 6 anniversary

The Hindu  

Security has been tightened in Ayodhya ahead of the Babri Masjid demolition anniversary on Friday with a senior Uttar Pradesh Police officer saying the arrangements are similar to the plan they had devised for November 9, the day the apex court pronounced verdict on the Ramjanmabhoomi-Babri Masjid land dispute. “The security plan for December 6 will be a continuation of …

Peace Party of India to file review petition in Ayodhya verdict
5 years, 1 month ago

Peace Party of India to file review petition in Ayodhya verdict

India Today  

The Peace Party of India is set to file a petition to review the SupremeCourt's verdict in Ayodhya land dispute case. The party's National President Dr Muhammad Ayub is likely to file the review petition in Supreme Court on Friday. According to sources, a total of four petitioners, assisted by All India Muslim Personal Law Board, are likely to file …

Cannot give up our mosque voluntarily: Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind on challenging Supreme Court Ayodhya verdict
5 years, 1 month ago

Cannot give up our mosque voluntarily: Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind on challenging Supreme Court Ayodhya verdict

India Today  

The Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind has said it will be challenging the Supreme Court's Ayodhya verdict by filing a review plea in the top court. Now, the Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind has said it will file a review plea in the Supreme Court, asking the top court to reconsider its Ayodhya verdict. Saying his organisation was well within its right to appeal the Supreme …

Matter closed for people: Naqvi slams AIMPLB, Jamiat for Ayodhya decision review bid
5 years, 1 month ago

Matter closed for people: Naqvi slams AIMPLB, Jamiat for Ayodhya decision review bid

India TV News  

Hitting out at the All India Muslim Personal Law Board and the Jamiat-Ulema-e-Hind for their decision to seek a review of the Ayodhya verdict, Minority Affairs Minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi on Sunday said they are trying to create an "atmosphere of division and confrontation" after the matter was laid to rest by the Supreme Court. Sources in the Jamiat-Ulema-e-Hind said …

The Ayodhya Verdict: What Does it Mean for Hindus?
5 years, 1 month ago

The Ayodhya Verdict: What Does it Mean for Hindus?

ABP News  

It is perhaps for this reason, among others, that the court’s judgment has also come in for some praise, and not only by those who one might expect to be jubilant at the outcome: here the argument seems to be that the Supreme Court had to deal with a very difficult and potentially explosive situation, and that it made the …

Muslim community divided on Ayodhya review petition
5 years, 1 month ago

Muslim community divided on Ayodhya review petition

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: The review petition on the Ayodhya judgement by the All India Muslim Personal Law board has become a bone of contention for Muslims with one group wanting a review, another against it and third one silent over it. The endorsements for no review of the Ayodhya judgement are circulating on social media with friends, family and associates in the …

SC verdict in Ayodhya against Sharia: Sunni Waqf Board lawyer
5 years, 1 month ago

SC verdict in Ayodhya against Sharia: Sunni Waqf Board lawyer

Op India  

Sunni Waqf Board Lawyer Zafaryab Jilani has issued another controversial statement on the Ayodhya Verdict. Those who do not know the history of the law must be surprised to file a review petition.” Jilani said further, “My written statement is we will accept the final decision of the Supreme Court. According to Article 142, it cannot go against any institution.” …

Engagement with countries on Ayodhya verdict ‘largely successful’: Govt
5 years, 1 month ago

Engagement with countries on Ayodhya verdict ‘largely successful’: Govt

Hindustan Times  

India has satisfyingly explained the Ayodhya judgment to other countries and the engagement with them on this matter has been “largely successful”, Ministry of External Affairs spokesperson Raveesh Kumar said on Thursday. The Supreme Court, in its verdict in the Babri Masjid-Ram Janmabhoomi title case on November 9, said the entire 2.77 acres of disputed land should be handed over …

Ayodhya: Seek compromise, don’t stoke fires
5 years, 1 month ago

Ayodhya: Seek compromise, don’t stoke fires

Deccan Chronicle  

“Has the tumult of the Day of Judgment ended? I went back to sleep.” — Shah Sarmad After the Supreme Court verdict, its merits or demerits notwithstanding, one imagined that the tumult would subside. “Shila pujan” or the “consecration of bricks” for the Ram temple was brilliant marketing, never mind if it generated anti-Muslim hate all along the route from …

Ayodhya verdict: Supreme Court would have done well to revisit Gujarat HC's 'rebuild mosques' order post-2002 violence
5 years, 1 month ago

Ayodhya verdict: Supreme Court would have done well to revisit Gujarat HC's 'rebuild mosques' order post-2002 violence

Firstpost  

The Supreme Court describes the demolition of the Babri Masjid as an “egregious violation of the rule of law”. The Babri Masjid was demolished despite the then Uttar Pradesh chief minister’s assurance to the Supreme Court that he would protect it. Had the Supreme Court ordered the state to rebuild the masjid, it wouldn’t have been the first time that …

Ayodhya verdict: AIMPLB to file review plea against SC verdict by December 9
5 years, 1 month ago

Ayodhya verdict: AIMPLB to file review plea against SC verdict by December 9

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: The All-India Muslim Personal Law Board on Sunday decaled that it would move the Supreme Court seeking a review of its verdict on the Ayodhya matter. Though the meeting was scheduled at the Darul Uloom Nadwatul Ulama, the headquarters of the board, it was shifted to the nearby Mumtaz Degree College, which the organisers claimed was owing to “efforts …

VHP says Muslims should accept Supreme Court’s verdict, cites Gandhi’s view on Somnath
5 years, 1 month ago

VHP says Muslims should accept Supreme Court’s verdict, cites Gandhi’s view on Somnath

The Hindu  

The Vishwa Hindu Parishad said on Sunday that the Muslim community should accept the Supreme Court’s verdict in the Ayodhya dispute, and claimed that Mahatma Gandhi had made a similar appeal in the case of Somnath Temple. Mr. Parande also said that similar disputes about religious sites in Kashi and Mathura were not on the VHP’s agenda. “Mahatma Gandhi had …

VHP says Muslims should accept SC verdict, cites `Gandhi's view' on Somnath
5 years, 1 month ago

VHP says Muslims should accept SC verdict, cites `Gandhi's view' on Somnath

India TV News  

The Vishwa Hindu Parishad said on Sunday that the Muslim community should accept the Supreme Court's verdict in the Ayodhya dispute, and claimed that Mahatma Gandhi had made a similar appeal in the case of Somnath Temple. The statement by VHP general secretary Milind Parande came soon after the All India Muslim Personal Law Board favoured seeking a review of …

Ayodhya verdict: Muslim Personal Law Board to file review petition
5 years, 1 month ago

Ayodhya verdict: Muslim Personal Law Board to file review petition

The Hindu  

The All India Muslim Personal Law Board on November 17 declined the five acres of land allotted to Muslims in Ayodhya and decided to file a review petition against the Supreme Court verdict in the Babri Masjid-Ram Janmabhoomi dispute case. ‘Not permissible’ The Board argued that mosques “are essential for the religious practice of Muslims” and that “building the same …

AIMPLB to file petition seeking review of SC's Ayodhya verdict; judgment full of contradictions, no alternative to mosque possible, says Zafaryab Jilani
5 years, 1 month ago

AIMPLB to file petition seeking review of SC's Ayodhya verdict; judgment full of contradictions, no alternative to mosque possible, says Zafaryab Jilani

Firstpost  

A meeting of the All India Muslim Personal Law Board concluded in Lucknow to decide if Muslim parties will seek a review of the 9 November Supreme Court order clearing the way for the construction of a Ram temple at the disputed site in Ayodhya. The All India Muslim Personal Law Board has decided to file a petition seeking a …

Ayodhya verdict: Misrepresentations, half-truths and lies being propagated on ruling a result of serious misreading of judgment
5 years, 1 month ago

Ayodhya verdict: Misrepresentations, half-truths and lies being propagated on ruling a result of serious misreading of judgment

Firstpost  

Since the announcement of the judgment, there have been many misrepresentations, half-truths and lies intended at undermining the judgment and, obliquely, the Republic of India On 9 November 2019, the Supreme Court of India handed down a judgment in the longstanding legal battle pertaining to the disputed land in Ayodhya, where the Babri Masjid structure stood. To quote the SC: …

Want my masjid back: AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi asks for Babri, questions Ayodhya verdict
5 years, 1 month ago

Want my masjid back: AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi asks for Babri, questions Ayodhya verdict

India Today  

Reacting to Supreme Court's verdict on Ayodhya land dispute, All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen chief Asaduddin Owaisi on Friday said he 'wants his masjid back'. https://t.co/S3gOvF7q95 Asaduddin Owaisi November 15, 2019 The Supreme Court on November 9 cleared the way for the construction of a Ram temple at the disputed site at Ayodhya, and directed the Centre to allot a five-acre …

Supreme Court's historic, balanced verdict on Ayodhya dispute reflects legal system based on multicultural ethos
5 years, 1 month ago

Supreme Court's historic, balanced verdict on Ayodhya dispute reflects legal system based on multicultural ethos

Firstpost  

The Indian Constitution is a document that is inclusive in nature. Most significantly, Supreme Court observed in its verdict that “the reliefs are moulded in the manner which preserves the constitutional values of justice, fraternity, human dignity and equality of the religious belief.” The said judgment upholds not only the basic values enshrined in the Constitution but has also demonstrated …

Received no communication from AIMPLB on reviewing Ayodhya verdict: Main litigant Iqbal Ansari
5 years, 1 month ago

Received no communication from AIMPLB on reviewing Ayodhya verdict: Main litigant Iqbal Ansari

India Today  

Ahead of a meeting of the All India Muslim Personal Law Board to decide whether to seek a review of the Supreme Court verdict in the Ayodhya case, Iqbal Ansari, the main litigant, said on Wednesday he has "not received any communication" from the AIMPLB in this connection. Ansari, 53, along with several other local Muslim leaders had recently said …

The core of the Ayodhya judgment | Opinion
5 years, 1 month ago

The core of the Ayodhya judgment | Opinion

Hindustan Times  

Now that the Supreme Court has decided that the Ram temple will be built on the Ayodhya site, and a mosque is to come up on an alternative site of five acres in “a prominent place” in Ayodhya, the right thing to do is what S Radhakrishnan advised: dirgham pasyatu, ma hrasvam. The Supreme Court has also said that “simultaneously, …

Ayodhya verdict: Digvijaya Singh trying to create chasm in society, says Shivraj Singh Chouhan
5 years, 1 month ago

Ayodhya verdict: Digvijaya Singh trying to create chasm in society, says Shivraj Singh Chouhan

The Hindu  

Reacting to Congress MP Digvijaya Singh’s remark on the Ayodhya case verdict, BJP leader Shivraj Singh Chouhan has said society on its own would teach a lesson to a “sick mentality” as his that was trying to create a chasm between communities. “My mind is full of happiness, after the verdict on the Ayodhya issue the entire country is standing …

A missed opportunity in Ayodhya
5 years, 1 month ago

A missed opportunity in Ayodhya

The Hindu  

It was never a legal dispute. The essence of the judgment The Supreme Court then had the opportunity to deliver a landmark judgment which, even if mindful of the social forces swirling around it, would uphold constitutional principles and affirm that India is a country where all citizens, irrespective of their faith, are equal citizens. True, the ruling does in …

Ayodhya verdict | Several positives for the Muslim plaintiffs
5 years, 1 month ago

Ayodhya verdict | Several positives for the Muslim plaintiffs

The Hindu  

The judgment in the hotly contested property dispute of Ayodhya has finally been delivered by a five-judge Supreme Court Bench. Though the apex court accepted that a wrong had been done when the Babri Masjid was desecrated in 1949 through installation of idols and also held that the demolition of the mosque in 1992 was illegal, in the final order, …

Indian Union Muslim League terms Ayodhya verdict disappointing
5 years, 1 month ago

Indian Union Muslim League terms Ayodhya verdict disappointing

The Hindu  

Terming the Supreme Court verdict on Ayodhya dispute or Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid land as “disappointing”, the national Secretariat meeting of Indian Union Muslim League held at Panakkad in Malappuram district on Monday decided to hold discussions with various Muslim organisations and like-minded secular organisations to decide future course of action. The special meeting chaired by party’s State president Panakkad Sayed …

Decision on Ayodhya verdict review at AIMPLB meet on November 17: advocate Jilani
5 years, 1 month ago

Decision on Ayodhya verdict review at AIMPLB meet on November 17: advocate Jilani

India TV News  

A lead counsel for the Muslim parties in the Ayodhya land dispute case has said the decision on seeking a review of the verdict would likely be taken in a meeting of the All India Muslim Personal Law Board on Sunday. "The decision whether to seek review of the verdict will be taken on November 17 in the meeting of …

Ayodhya verdict: Decision to seek review petition of Ram Janmabhoomi order in SC on 17 Nov, says AIMPLB advocate Zafaryab Jilani
5 years, 1 month ago

Ayodhya verdict: Decision to seek review petition of Ram Janmabhoomi order in SC on 17 Nov, says AIMPLB advocate Zafaryab Jilani

Firstpost  

In a historic and unanimous verdict, a five-judge constitution bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi had cleared the way for the construction of a Ram temple at the disputed site at Ayodhya, and directed the Centre to allot a five-acre plot to the Sunni Waqf Board for building a mosque New Delhi: One of the lead counsel for the …

BJP hits out at Mamata Banerjee over silence on Ayodhya verdict
5 years, 1 month ago

BJP hits out at Mamata Banerjee over silence on Ayodhya verdict

India Today  

The Bharatiya Janata Party leaders across the country have been hailing the Ayodhya verdict pronounced by the Supreme Court but in West Bengal, their focus seems to be more on the Trinamool Congress. The BJP leaders have now been questioning the silence of the TMC leaders including Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on the Ayodhya verdict. On the political benefit of …

Why critics of majoritarianism on the Ayodhya verdict are wrong
5 years, 1 month ago

Why critics of majoritarianism on the Ayodhya verdict are wrong

India Today  

Bringing to a closure a case whose legal genesis can be traced back to 1885, the Supreme Court, in a 1,045-page, unanimous verdict by a five-judge constitution bench comprising Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi, CJI-designate S.A. Bobde, Justices D.Y. Underscoring in the second paragraph of the introduction of the judgment that the Supreme Court had been 'tasked with the …

How the day after Supreme Court verdict looked like in Ayodhya
5 years, 1 month ago

How the day after Supreme Court verdict looked like in Ayodhya

India Today  

That's what security personnel and officials felt in Ayodhya on Sunday - a day after the Supreme Court delivered its historic judgment in the highly sensitive Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid title suit. Ram Lalla priest Acharya Satyendra Das said Lord Ram was adorned with a new set of clothes. Senior priest of Hanumangarhi Temple, Mahant Raju Das, and local Muslim leader …

A day after Ayodhya verdict, a corporator speaks on his ordeal
5 years, 2 months ago

A day after Ayodhya verdict, a corporator speaks on his ordeal

The Hindu  

Today, I want to make a statement on the Supreme Court verdict on Ayodhya’s Babri Masjid and I consider it my right. We still cherish the memories of childhood and also remember how that home was engulfed in fire and disappeared in front of our eyes. Those who run their shop claiming to be the guardians of a religion hardly …

Peace and justice: On Ayodhya verdict
5 years, 2 months ago

Peace and justice: On Ayodhya verdict

The Hindu  

There comes a time when the need for peace and closure is greater than the need for undoing an injustice. The Bench indeed has done well to record its revulsion at two incidents that represented an onslaught on the psyche of secular India: the desecration of the masjid in 1949 when Hindu idols were planted surreptitiously under its central dome, …

A reward for ‘egregious’ violations
5 years, 2 months ago

A reward for ‘egregious’ violations

The Hindu  

The Supreme Court of India has to be given wide latitude in its effort to address an unwelcome task: to resolve a dispute that has stirred up ancient resentments beyond the powers of a modern republican order to placate. Constitution as watershed India’s history, the court writes, is “replete with actions that have been judged to be morally incorrect and …

Jammu & Kashmir police chief, Army commander discusses security situation post Ayodhya verdict
5 years, 2 months ago

Jammu & Kashmir police chief, Army commander discusses security situation post Ayodhya verdict

India TV News  

Jammu and Kashmir's police chief Dilbag Singh met Army's Northern Commander Lt Gen Ranbir Singh in Udhampur on Sunday and discussed the overall security situation in the Union Territory following the Ayodhya verdict, officials said. Singh later also visited Ramban along the Jammu-Srinagar national highway and held a detailed meeting with senior officers, including Brigade Commander 11 Sector Rashtriya Rifles …

Ayodhya verdict | Supreme Court not to entertain claims against actions of Mughals
5 years, 2 months ago

Ayodhya verdict | Supreme Court not to entertain claims against actions of Mughals

The Hindu  

The Supreme Court cannot entertain claims about the actions of Mughal emperors against Hindu places of worship, the Ayodhya verdict said. “This court cannot entertain claims that stem from the actions of the Mughal rulers against Hindu places of worship in a court of law today. Ayodhya verdict: All you need to know “The adoption of the Constitution marks a …

Ayodhya verdict: 10 held for provocative behaviour in Madhya Pradesh
5 years, 2 months ago

Ayodhya verdict: 10 held for provocative behaviour in Madhya Pradesh

India TV News  

Eight people were arrested in Seoni and two in Gwalior in Madhya Pradesh for posting objectionable messages on social media and bursting crackers after Supreme Court's Ayodhya verdict, police said on Sunday. In Gwalior, Dinesh Singh Chauhan was arrested on Saturday night after his objectionable Whatsapp post was found by a police team monitoring social media chats, said Bahodapur police …

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