May 10, 2011 1:56 PM

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SC stays Allahabad HC verdict on Ayodhya dispute

The Supreme Court today stayed the Allahabad High Court's verdict dividing in three parts the disputed Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid site in Ayodhya. The court, while staying the September 13, 2010 judgement of the Lucknow bench of the high court, has ordered status quo at the site. A bench of justices Aftab Alam and R M Lodha, while terming the high court's judgement as something strange, said the partition of the land was ordered despite none of the parties to the dispute seeking it.While directing that there shall be no religious activity on the 67 acre land, acquired by the central government adjacent to the disputed structure, the apex court bench said the status quo shall be maintained with regard to the rest of the land.In the wake of the court's order, the prayers at Ram Lala's make-shift temple at the disputed site in Ayodhya would be going on as usual.The Lucknow bench of the high court had in September last year passed the verdict directing partition of the 2.77 acre on which the disputed structure once stood into three parts among Muslims, Hindus and Nirmohi Akhara. Various parties to the Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid title suit today expressed satisfaction over the Supreme Court order staying the Allahabad High Court direction for tripartite division of the disputed land. Senior advocate Ravi Shankar Prasad, who is representing Ram Lalla Virajman, told reporters in apex court premises that there will be no change of situation at ground zero, the make-shift temple of Ram Lalla. He said, the pooja will continue as per the January 7, 1993 order. Sunni Waqf Board counsel Zafaryab Jilani said, this will help in maintaining peace in the country. Counsel representing Hindu Maha Sabha said, nobody prayed for partition of the land. Everybody wanted full land. He said, Hindu Maha Sabha's stand continues that entire Janmabhoomi premises belongs to it.

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