[The "disputed land", on which the Babri Masjid had stood, since 1528, till demolition on December 6 1992, has been allocated, to the body floated by the VHP, for the construction of a Ram Mandir. The Sunni Waqf Board, the custodian of the Babri Masjid, is to be provided a piece 5 acre land elsewhere, as a compensation. The traditional Hindu entity has just been brushed aside.
The Allahabad High Court, it may be recalled, had divided the land equally into three pieces, to be allocated to the above three litigants. 《A five-judge Constitution bench of the Supreme Court today (Saturday) allotted the disputed Ayodhya land to the Ram Janmabhoomi Nyas. The apex court ordered allotment of an alternative piece of five acres of land to the Muslims for a mosque. The Bench, headed by Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi, said the Hindu litigants were able to establish their case that they were in possession of the outer courtyard. It added that the Muslim side was unable to prove their exclusive possession of the inner courtyard. The apex court has directed the Centre to frame a scheme under which it will constitute a body within three months to hand over the inner and outer courtyard to the Ramjanmabhoomi Trust. It said the Sunni Wakf Board would be granted five acres of land in a 'suitable, prominent place in Ayodhya'.》 The allocation of the land for building the Ram temple is on anticipated lines. No real surprise here. While this is, obviously, a grand victory for the VHP/RSS/BJP, on the flip side, this *limits* the scope for triggering violence, in the immediate run. That's important if one considers human life as valuable. What's, of course, important to note how the SC has tried to cover its track. That has, at least, some significance. Where there's a significant gap, in terms of ideology, between the "state" and the "society", the possibility of the "state" bowing down to the "society" becomes pretty strong. The "gap" was graphically brought out by the huge bestial violence perpetrated, and suffered, by all the three major religious communities - the Hindus, Muslims and Sikhs, in the run-up to, during and post-Partition, in order to carve out Pakistan as an exclusive Muslim/Islamic state. It was a sort of miracle that yet "India" became a "secular" state. A miracle that was anchored in the values espoused by the epic Indian freedom struggle. But, then, it foisted upon a non-secular society. In the following days, the secular forces have collectively failed to take due advantage of the "miracle". To make the "society" adopt "secular" values. The forces of darkness, as a consequence, are spreading their tentacles. That's the harsh reality.] https://www.firstpost.com/india/ayodhya-case-verdict-live-updates-ram-janmabhoomi-babri-masjid-ayodhya-mandir-news-samachar-supreme-court-uttar-pradesh-hindu-muslim-7620591.html?fbclid=IwAR3cfPhXupAhrhdHvUUuSFPucZe-MKWKwn7Mckop1CRRyNGhUoe-AwHLQLo SC Final Verdict on Ayodhya Case LIVE Updates: Narendra Modi says apex court judgment neither a win nor loss for any party Snipped -- Peace Is Doable -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Green Youth Movement" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to greenyouth+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/greenyouth/CACEsOZhKpFyGP5%2BaCAMM81s15gDWQvKXjg69hefATk0J7pHwfQ%40mail.gmail.com.
