- JUH moves SC against its Ayodhya ruling of Nov 9, seeking review.
- The Sunni Waqf Board had refused to seek a review.
New Delhi: The Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind (JUH), on Monday, filed a review petition in the Supreme Court against its November 9 verdict in the Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid title dispute, seeking a review of the judgement.
Maulana Syed Ashhad Rashidi, who said he was the legal heir of original Ayodhya land dispute, filed the review petition.
Earlier, JUH chief Maulana Arshad Madani had claimed that a majority of Muslims wanted the judgement reviewed and that those in the minority community opposing it numbered ‘very few’.
Interestingly, the Sunni Waqf Board had refused to go for a review of the judgment.
Meanwhile, All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) leader Zafaryab Jilani said the Board would file the review petition in the Supreme Court before December 9, the last date.
According to Madani, the main contention in the case was that the mosque was built by destroying a temple. But the court found no evidence to support this claim. The title of Muslims was, therefore, proven, but the final verdict was contrary to this, necessitating a review. “The verdict is beyond our understanding,” he added.
The JUH Working Committee had, on November 14, formed a panel comprising legal experts and religious scholars to look into the apex court’s verdict. The panel favoured that a review petition be filed.
The Supreme Court had, on November 9, ruled that the 2.77 acres of disputed land in Ayodhya belonged to Ram Lalla, one of the three litigants in the case, and ordered the Central Government to provide five acres of land to the Muslim party for the construction of a mosque in the city.
