Ayodhya Judgement - What a wait !

Phew! What an interesting day it way yesterday indeed. The decree by the Lucknow bench of Allahabad High Court verdict came as a big surprise to many and of course me. It is very true that it has come as a very pleasant news to the saffron brigade given that it paves way for the construction of the grand Ram Mandir in a legally bound way. I am sure the AIMPLB (All India Muslim Personal Law Board) will challenge this in the appellate apex court to seek justice. I am sure that the Hindu groups will also challenge this verdict in higher court to claim even the 1/3rd given to the Muslims.

I personally feel the courts have seriously considered and taken into account the findings of the Archeological Society of India’s (ASI) research findings that the current mosque was built on an ancient temple. The ASI ruling is not clear on how the older Hindu structure was razed, but ASI has shown significant evidence that the materials reused for building the Mosque have iconography akin to the Hindu customs and writings.  Of course ASI stops short of branding the Muslim rulers then as iconoclasts. But it is a well-known fact that the invaders then were highly suppressive and destroyed several thousands of temples in the Indian subcontinent.

The media has carefully avoided Justice Sharma's judgment, who completely ruled in favour of the Hindu’s in his separate decree. Justice Sharma said that the Ramjanmabhoomi is the sole property of the Hindus and that Muslims have no right whatsoever. We must remember that this judgment is based on sound reasoning and within the ambit of our constitution - but what makes this legal within our own fabirc of current law needs to be investigated. Unfortunately Justice Sharma is now the minority of the bench as the other two judges Justice Aggarwal and Justice Khan ruled in favour of 1/3 partition of the 2.7 acres of land.

So in summary

• Ramjanmbhoomi is actually the birthplace of Ram as per the beliefs of the Hindu religion.
• Paves way to construct a temple and continue worship of the installed idols.
• 2/3 of the 2.7 acre of land now belongs to the Hindus’ and the rest to the Muslims, where they can build a mosque.
• This will be completely challenged in the apex court.
• Definitely in favour of the Hindus, but Muslims possibility given 1/3 keeping in mind the sensitivities.

My hunch is that this will be upheld in the Apex court and maybe that it will rule that Justice Sharma was in fact right and that all decree by passed on by Justice Aggarwal and Justice Khan are null and void. Given this both parties need to approach the Apex court with at most care and caution.