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.
News On AIR | May 9, 2011 1:41 PM
SC stays Allahabad HC verdict on Ayodhya dispute