September 30, 2010 8:54 PM

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Court orders status quo to be maintained at disputed site for 3 months; Sunni Wakf Board, Hindu Maha Sabha say they will move SC against the verdict

The majority in the three-judge Lucknow bench has ruled that status quo should be maintained at the disputed place for three months, unless the the order is modified or vocated earlier.Sunni Wakf Board today said it will move the Supreme Court against the Allahabad High Court order dividing the disputed land in Ayodhya among three parties. The board said they are not going to surrender it.Board lawyer Zafaryab Jilani told reporters in Lucknow today that High Court's formula of one-third land is not acceptable to the Waqf Board and it will appeal against it in the apex court.Jilani said the Board has time to appeal in the apex court as status quo will be maintained for the next 3 months. The Board will move the apex court after a meeting of the All India Muslim Personal Law Board.However, he said, the Sunni Board is open to any negotiated settlement on the issue if such a proposal for negotiations for a settlement comes to it.Akhil Bharat Hindu Mahasabha, one of the early litigants in the Ayodhya title suits, says, it will challenge the Allahabad High Court order dividing the disputed land in three parts. The Sabha President in Uttar Pradesh Kamlesh Tiwari claimed in Lucknow that their fight for the Ramjanmbhoomi was acknowledged by the entire bench unanimously.

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