Breaking: Supreme Court dismisses Review Petitions challenging Ayodhya Verdict [Read Order]

The Supreme Court today dismissed all eighteen review petitions filed in the Ayodhya judgment, finding that there were no grounds justifying its review.

. A five-Judge Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court heard the 18 review petitions filed in relation to the Ayodhya dispute in Chamber.

. The order passed by the Constitution Bench comprising Chief Justice of India SA Bobde and Justices DY Chandrachud, Ashok Bhushan, S Abdul Nazeer, and Sanjiv Khanna states,

. “ We have carefully gone through the Review Petitions and the connected papers filed therewith. We do not find any ground, whatsoever, to entertain the same. The Review Petitions are, accordingly, dismissed. “

. Of the eighteen review petitions filed in the matter, nine are filed by those who were parties in the original matter. The other nine are filed by third parties.

. These review petitions challenge different aspects of the judgment delivered on November 9, by which the Apex Court had ruled in favour of the Hindu parties and had decreed the disputed site in favour of the Hindus. It had also directed the government to award a different site measuring five acres to the Muslim parties for the construction of a Mosque.

. The Court had ruled that the Muslims had failed to prove uninterrupted possession of the disputed site and on the basis of balance of probabilities, ruled in favour of the Hindu parties. The Court had also acknowledged that the act of razing down the Babri Masjid was illegal.

. While some Muslim parties have challenged the finding of the Court that ruled in favour of awarding the site to the Hindus, some Hindu parties have assailed the direction for awarding an alternate site to the Muslims. In fact, one petition seeks a review of the judgment on the point where the Supreme Court has condemned the Babri Masjid demolition on the grounds that these observations may adversely impact the trial going on in the case.

. [Read Order]

Breaking: Supreme Court dismisses Review Petitions challenging Ayodhya Verdict [Read Order]

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