The Supreme Court threw out multiple pleas for a review of its ruling handing over the entire disputed land in Ayodhya to the deity, Ram Lalla. The legal process may still not be over, as the parties could file curative petitions against the ruling. “We do not find ground whatsoever to entertain the same (demand),” a bench led by Chief Justice SA Bobde said. The other judges on the bench were Justices DY Chandrachud, Ashok Bhushan, S Abdul Nazeer and Sanjiv Khanna.
At least 19 review pleas had been filed in the case. These included petitions by the Nirmohi Akhara, one of the litigants in the case that sought a clarification on its role and representation on a trust that the court had said should be set up to construct a temple at the site. While a group of intellectuals had called upon the court to reflect on and “correct” its ruling, several petitions by Muslims had challenged the decision to hand over the land on which the Babri Masjid once stood to the Hindus.
Sky-high Ram temple in Ayodhya in four months: Shah
Union home minister and BJP national president Amit Shah said a sky-high temple would be built in Ayodhya within the next four months. Addressing a rally in Pakur in the last phase of Assembly polls in Jharkhand, Shah said, “The Supreme Court’s decision has come. Within four months, a sky-high Ram temple will be built in Ayodhya.”
For 100 years, Indians across the world have been demanding a grand temple in Ram’s birth place Ayodhya, Shah said. He claimed that Congress leaders and their lawyer Kapil Sibal used to plead in the Supreme Court, “Abhi math chalaiye case, baad mein chalaiye. Kyon bhai, aapke pet mein kya dard ho raha hai (do not pursue the case now… Why, what’s troubling you),” he said, adding the Congress can neither bring development, nor provide national security or respect peoples’ wishes.
