Tag: Ayodhya Verdict

Ayodhya: Ahead of the Supreme Court verdict on the Ayodhya dispute, the Uttar Pradesh government has issued strict guidelines disallowing people from posting offensive posts on social media on deities. The order restricts even the electronic media from conducting debates in Ayodhya during this period. The order said that all calls made during this period […]

New Delhi: Days ahead of the Ayodhya verdict, senior RSS and BJP leaders reached out to prominent Muslim clerics and intellectuals and held a meeting with them here on Tuesday during which it was stressed that irrespective of the nature of the court ruling there should neither be ‘junooni jashn’ (excessive celeberation) nor ‘haar ka […]

New Delhi: After seven decades of a protracted legal battle, the Supreme Court on Saturday will pronounce the judgment in Ayodhya title dispute case at 10.30 a.m. on Saturday. The notice on the judgment was uploaded on the website of the court during the late evening on Friday. Earlier, during the day, Chief Justice of […]

Lucknow: All educational institutions in Uttar Pradesh will remain closed from Saturday to Monday in view of the Ayodhya verdict, officials said on Friday. The Supreme Court is scheduled to pronounce on Saturday its verdict in the politically sensitive case of Ram Janmbhoomi-Babri Masjid land dispute in Ayodhya. All schools, colleges, educational institutions and training […]

New Delhi: The Supreme Court is going to deliver the verdict in the Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid case of Ayodhya on Saturday at 10.30 a.m. After completing the hearing in the case, the apex court had reserved its decision and since then, it was speculated that the decision will come before the retirement of Chief Justice […]

New Delhi: The Supreme Court Saturday said the underlying structure below the disputed site at Ayodhya was not an Islamic structure, but the ASI has not established whether a temple was demolished to build a mosque. The observation by a 5-judge Constitution bench, headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi, was made in its verdict in […]

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Saturday appealed to the people to maintain peace and harmony ahead of the Supreme Court verdict in Ayodhya’s Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid case. “Ahead of #AyodhyaVerdict, appeal to everyone to accept the judgement of HonourableA #SupremeCourt. Let us continue to live in peace and harmony. The spirit of brotherhood […]

New Delhi: In a historic judgement in the sensitive Ayodhya land dispute case, the Supreme Court on Saturday directed the Centre to form within three months a trust which will build a temple at the disputed site. Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi said, “We have dismissed the Special Leave Petition (SLP) filed by Shia […]

Bhubaneswar: Following the Supreme Court verdict in the Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid title dispute case, Odisha Director General of Police (DGP) Bijay Kumar Sharma on Saturday said adequate steps have been taken to maintain peace and communal harmony in the state. “Adequate forces have been deployed in every sensitive district of the state. Superintendents of Police […]

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Secretary A K Tripathy on Saturday instructed the District Collectors and Superintendents of Police to ensure the maintenance of peace and harmony across the state in view of the Supreme Court verdict on the Ram Janmbhoomi-Babri Masjid land dispute case. Tripathy also told the authorities dealing with law and order situation to […]

New Delhi: Veteran BJP leader L.K. Advani, the person credited with bringing the Ram temple movement to the political center-stage, on Saturday said he stood vindicated after the Supreme Court verdict in the Ayodhya title suit and that it was time to “leave all contention and acrimony behind” and embrace communal concord and peace. In […]

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Saturday said the Supreme Court’s verdict on the Ram Janmbhoomi-Babri Masjid land dispute case reaffirms India’s secular values. Patnaik, who is also the president of the Biju Janata Dal, called upon people to join together in harmony and brotherhood to carry out the judicial order. “We respect the […]

New Delhi: National Security Advisor Ajit Doval held a meeting with eminent Hindu and Muslim religious leaders on Sunday, a day after the Supreme Court verdict in the Ayodhya case, officials said. The religious leaders pledged unstinted support to the government in all steps to maintain peace and order, they said. They appealed for maintaining […]

New Delhi: In what will go down in history as one of its most landmark verdicts, the Supreme Court on Saturday granted the ownership of the 2.77 acres of disputed land in Ayodhya to the Hindus, paving the way for the construction of a Ram Temple, and ruled that the Muslims will get 5 acres […]

By Sandeep Sahu Judicial pronouncements invariably leave one side disgruntled. So, it was not exactly a surprise to see the Muslim parties feel hard done by the long awaited Supreme Court verdict in the vexed Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid dispute on Saturday. While the petitioners themselves have been rather subdued in expressing their disappointment, the virulence […]