5 more Ayodhya case verdict review petitions filed in top court

New Delhi : Five petitions, supported by the All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB), were filed in Supreme Court on Friday seeking review of the November 9 judgement in the Ayodhya title dispute, handing the site to the Hindu parties for construction of the Ram temple.

The petitions, filed by Mufti Hasbullah, Moulana Mahfoozur Rehman, Misbahuddin, Mohammad Umar and Haji Nahboob, were overseen by senior advocates Rajeev Dhavan and Zafaryab Jilani.

The AIMPLB, in a statement, said it shall support filing of the review of the judgement, and the senior counsel have settled the draft considering the nature of the case.

Jilani told media persons that "if review petitions were to be heard in open court, then Dhavan will present the case (supported by AIMPLB) before the court".

A 5-judge bench, headed by the then Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi, had in a unanimous verdict decreed the entire 2.77 acre disputed land in favour of deity "Ram Lalla".

The top court also directed the Centre to allot a 5-acre plot to UP Central Sunni Waqf Board to build a mosque in Ayodhya.

The idols were in the outer courtyard after 1857 and never in the inner courtyard except by criminal trespass on December 22-23, 1949, said the review petition.