Ayodhya Case: 'Mosques Are Not Built For Fun', Senior Counsel Tells Supreme Court; Next Hearing On July 13
Senior Counsel Rajeev Dhawan told the bench of the Supreme Court that Mosques are not built for fun. He further added that hundreds congregate there to offer prayers.
New Delhi, July 6: A Three-judge bench of the Supreme Court today resumed the hearing of the Ayodhya matter. The special bench headed by Dipak Misra heard the case. During the hearing, Senior Counsel Rajeev Dhawan told the bench that Mosques are not built for fun. He further added that hundreds congregate there to offer prayers. Dhawan stressed that mosques are an essential part of religious practice.
The Court scheduled next hearing in the case on July 13. The special bench also comprising of Justices Ashok Bhushan and S A Nazeer, heard 14 appeals filed against the 2010 judgment of the Allahabad High Court.
On May 17, the bench heard the argument of the Hindu groups. In 2010, Allahabad High Court ruled a verdict that divided the controversial Ayodhya land equally among three parties, the Sunni Waqf Board, the Nirmohi Akhara and Ram Lalla. One of the original litigants of the case, M Siddiq who has died is now being represented by his legal heir had attacked the some findings of the 1994 verdict in the case of M Ismail Faruqui. The finding of that case held that a mosque was not integral to the prayers offered by the followers of Islam.
However, the Hindu groups argued that the issue related to mosques being an integral part of Islam had already been solved so there was no need to reopen that. Senior Council in today’s hearing emphasized the significance of Congregational prayers as essential to Islam.
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