No Ayodhya verdict on Sept 24
There would no verdict on the Ayodhya dispute title suit on Friday (Sept 24) as the Supreme Court deferred it by a week, acting on the plea of a petitioner seeking the deferment of the verdict by a high court.
The Supreme Court will hear the deferment plea of the verdict awaited from the Allahabad High Court’s Lucknow bench on Sept 28.
There is a stay on the verdict for now.
Ram Chandra Tripathi, a petitioner, had sought deferment of the judgement in view of the Commonwealth Games in October since the verdict might lead to communal flare-ups.
His plea was shot down by the High Court earlier but later it was revealed that the judges had differed on the issue.
The verdict on the 60- year-old Ayodhya title suits to determine who owns the disputed land is being awaited with eagerness by both the Muslims and Hindus and with consternation by the governments tasked to prevent riots over the issue.
The entire nation will be awaiting the decision by the three-member bench, comprising of Justice S U Khan, Justice Sudhir Agarwal and Justice D V Sharm, in one of the fieriest affairs in the country.
Over 2,000 people were killed in the riots that followed the demolition of the Babri Masjid by Hindu kar sevaks on December 6, 1992, who claimed the Masjid was built after demolishing a Ram temple in 1528.
