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The Ayodhya land dispute is a political, historical and socio-religious debate in India that has been on for decades. The dispute is focused on a plot of land in Ayodhya, Uttar Pradesh, which is regarded among the Hindus to be the birthplace of the Hindu deity Ram.
 
According to some beliefs, it was originally the site of a Hindu temple that was demolished to construct a mosque known as Babri Masjid. For their part, Muslims claim that the land was titled to them and Mir Baqi built the mosque on it in 1528 on orders of the first Mughal emperor, Babur.
 
The modification/demolition of the temple has stood as a topic of controversy. By some accounts, some Muslims in 1949 saw an idol of Ram being placed inside what was then a mosque. Both Hindu and Muslim sides claimed ownership of the site and that led to an eventual lockdown of the area by the government.
 
On December 17, 1959, Nirmohi Akhara filed a suit seeking possession of the site and claimed to be the custodians of the disputed land. Following this, the Sunni Central Board of Waqf also filed a suit claiming ownership of the site on December 18, 1961.
 
Later, some Hindu kar sevaks on December 6, 1992, demolished Babri masjid, an action that triggered communal riots all over India, killing at least 2,000 people.
 
Over the years, the matter has been brought up by both groups in various courts of the country.
 
On September 30, 2010, the Allahabad High Court ruled that the disputed 2.77-acre land in Ayodhya should be divided into three parts among the Hindus, Muslims and the Nirmohi Akhara. The petitioners moved the Supreme Court and the apex court stayed the HC verdict.
 
In 2016, the court started a fresh hearing of the case. In 2017, the SC said that the matter was sensitive and suggested for the case to be settled out of court. It asked stakeholders to hold talks and find an amicable solution. However, no solution was achieved. In 2018, the Supreme Court set up a five-judge Constitution Bench to hear the land dispute case.

On November 9, 2019, a Supreme Court Bench led by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi unanimously ruled that the disputed land be given to the Ram Janmabhoomi Nyas for the construction of a temple, and the Muslim side be compensated with five acres of land at a prominent site in Ayodhya to build a mosque.
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In February 2020, Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced in the Lok Sabha that the government had given its approval to the proposal for "Shri Ramjanmabhoomi Tirtha Kshetra" trust to take care of the construction of a grand Ram temple in Ayodhya and other related issues.

Six months later, he visited Ayodhya to lay the foundation stone (a 40 kg silver brick) for the construction of the Ram Mandir at the Ram Janmbhoomi site. Despite the shadow of coronavirus pandemic, the event was extravagant, with as many as 175 invitees.

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The five-judge Constitution Bench, led by Chief Justice of India (CJI) Ranjan Gogoi, started day-to-day hearing on the matter from August 6, 2019, and midway through the proceedings, directed the advocates to finish the argument by October 16.
 
The Supreme Court, on October 16, 2019, concluded hearings in the Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid land dispute in Ayodhya and reserved its judgment, which was passed on November 9. The apex court, in a unanimous verdict, gave the ownership of the disputed 2.77-acre land in Ayodhya to the Ram Janmabhoomi trust. It ordered that an alternative piece of land in a "suitable" and "prominent" place in Ayodhya should be given to the Muslims to build a mosque. The Court also asked the government to frame a plan within three months and set up a trust, which would construct a temple in Ayodhya.

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In my opinion, a great travesty of justice was that secularism was not given its due by these judgements, Justice Nariman said

Updated On: 07 Dec 2024 | 1:43 PM IST

Security has also been increased in Uttar Pradesh's Sambhal district ahead of Friday prayers at Shahi Jama Masjid, following a stone-pelting incident on November 24

Updated On: 06 Dec 2024 | 11:48 AM IST

CJI said one had to respect that a dialogue took place as part of a robust inter-institutional mechanism and separation of powers between judiciary and the executive did not mean the two not meeting

Updated On: 04 Nov 2024 | 10:10 PM IST

Portions of the 14-kilometre road stretch also caved in at more than a dozen places

Updated On: 29 Jun 2024 | 11:24 AM IST

Acharya Laxmikant Dixit was a native of Solapur district of Maharashtra but his family has been living in Varanasi for several generations

Updated On: 22 Jun 2024 | 2:30 PM IST

The revised Class 12 political science textbook does not mention the Babri Masjid but refers to it as a "three-domed structure"

Updated On: 17 Jun 2024 | 2:58 PM IST

The mosque has four 'tahkhanas' (cellars) in the basement, of which one is still in the possession of the Vyas family, who used to live there

Updated On: 26 Feb 2024 | 7:31 AM IST

The court directed the district administration to make the necessary arrangements in the next seven days

Updated On: 02 Feb 2024 | 2:32 PM IST

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Updated On: 22 Jan 2024 | 10:16 PM IST

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Updated On: 22 Jan 2024 | 11:50 PM IST

The Gohana intersection in Panipat will be named Shri Ram Chowk and the Railway Road intersection Maharshi Valmiki Chowk, Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar announced on Sunday

Updated On: 22 Jan 2024 | 6:46 AM IST

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath reached Ayodhya on Sunday, a day before the consecration ceremony at the Ram temple and oversaw final inspection of the preparations

Updated On: 22 Jan 2024 | 7:11 AM IST

Ayodhya Ram Mandir News Live Updates: Catch all the latest updates on the consecration ceremony here

Updated On: 21 Jan 2024 | 9:47 PM IST

A redeveloped road that skirts its way off Ram Path, on the way to the Ram temple site, has been named Ramjanmabhoomi Path

Updated On: 20 Jan 2024 | 1:41 PM IST

The much awaited consecration ceremony of Ayodhya's Ram Mandir planned for Jan 22 denotes a historic moment in India's cultural celebration and a festival of spiritual significance

Updated On: 19 Jan 2024 | 4:14 PM IST

The invitees also include over 50 jurists, including former chief justices, judges and top lawyers

Updated On: 19 Jan 2024 | 2:48 PM IST

Covered with a veil, the first photo of the idol was revealed during the placement ceremony in the sanctum sanctorum on Thursday

Updated On: 19 Jan 2024 | 10:35 AM IST

Three suspicious individuals were detained by Uttar Pradesh Anti-terrorism Squad (ATS) from Ayodhya on Thursday ahead of the 'Pran Pratishtha' ceremony of the Ram Temple on January 22

Updated On: 19 Jan 2024 | 10:17 AM IST

Nitish Kumar, a resident of Bihar's Madhepura district, has cycled more than 600 kilometres to reach Ayodhya

Updated On: 19 Jan 2024 | 9:50 AM IST

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Updated On: 19 Jan 2024 | 5:22 PM IST