Indian apex court allows Hindus to build Ram Mandir at disputed site

The Indian Supreme Court on Saturday paved the way for the construction of Ram Mandir at the disputed Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid site.

The verdict was delivered by a five-judge Constitution bence headed by the outgoing Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi, CJI-designate SA Bobde and Justices S A Nazeer, Ashok Bhushan and DY Chandrachud.

In the verdict the apex court added that a separate land measuring five acres should be given to the Sunni Waqf Board by the Centre for the construction of a masque in the Ayodhya town of Uttar Pradesh.

The court said the UP Sunni Central Waqf Board failed in establishing its case in the Ayodhya Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid dispute and the Archaeological Survey of India established that a mandir existed beaneath the destroyed structure.

SC further added that it was not clear whether a mandir was demolished to build the Babri Masjid.

The top court said verdict of Allahabad High Court in 2010 was wrong in which the 2.77-acre disputed land was divided equally among the Nirmohi Akhara, the Sunni Waqf Board and Ram Lalla.