Ayodhya verdict: Waqf Board to move Supreme Court
NDTV Correspondent, Updated: December 14, 2010 07:59 IST
New Delhi: The Sunni Central Waqf Board will file a petition in the Supreme Court today challenging the Allahabad High Court judgment in the Babri Masjid title suit.
Advocate Zafaryab Jilani, who is appearing for the board, said the petition argues that the High Court verdict is based on faith rather than documentary evidence on where Lord Ram was born.
The petition also argues that the verdict violates Articles 25 and 26 which gives equal rights to all faith. The appeal has the endorsement of the All India Muslim Personal Law Board.
The Waqf Board is one of the original litigants in the Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid title suits.
On September 30, the Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court pronounced its judgment in the Ayodhya title suit, saying Hindus and Muslims are joint title holders. (Read: Ayodhya verdict: Land to be divided 3 ways, says Allahabad High Court)
The three-judge bench - comprising Justice S U Khan, Justice Sudhir Agarwal and Justice D V Sharma - ruled in a majority judgment 2:1, that there be a three-way division of the disputed land - one-third for the Sunni Waqf Board, one-third for the Nirmohi Akhara and one-third to the party for 'Ram Lalla'. Each of the three judges gave a summary of his own. (Read judgement)
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