Ayodhya Verdict: Sunni Waqf Board Won't File Review Petition, No Decision on Accepting 5-Acre Land For Mosque
The Uttar Pradesh Sunni Central Waqf Board, one of the parties from Muslim side in the Babri Masjid-Ram Janmabhoomi title dispute case, on Tuesday announced it will file a review petition against the Supreme Court's Ayodhya verdict.
New Delhi, November 26: The Uttar Pradesh Sunni Central Waqf Board, one of the parties from Muslim side in the Babri Masjid-Ram Janmabhoomi title dispute case, on Tuesday announced it will file a review petition against the Supreme Court's Ayodhya verdict. The decision was taken at a meeting held in Lucknow today where six out of seven members of the UP Sunni Waqf Board voted against filing a review petition. Ayodhya Verdict: Full Text of Supreme Court Judgment in Babri Masjid-Ram Janmabhoomi Title Dispute.
Following the meeting, Sunni Waqf Board chairman Zafar Farooqui said that the decision of not filing a review petition was taken with 6:1 majority. The lone dissenter was Abdul Razzaq Khan. "The decision on accepting 5-acre land for the mosque has been deferred until the government makes an offer," he told reporters. Khan had earlier questioned Farooqui's decision of not going in for a review of the Supreme Court verdict. Ayodhya Verdict Quotes: From PM Narendra Modi to Amit Shah and Other Key Leaders, Who Said What on the Supreme Court Judgment.
The Supreme Court on November 9 granted the ownership of the 2.77 acres of disputed land in Ayodhya to the Hindus, paving the way for the construction of a Ram Temple, and ruled that the Muslims will get 5 acres of land at an alternative site. Seven of the 10 Muslim litigants have declared their intention to seek a review of the apex court's judgment in the Babri Masjid-Ram Janmabhoomi title dispute case.
The All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB), an umbrella body of Muslim organisations in the country, and Jamiat Ulama-i-Hind, another party to the dispute, along with five individual litigants have declared their intention to seek a review of the apex court's judgment. Three Muslim parties that have shown no intention to seek a review of the Supreme Court's verdict are UP Sunni Central Waqf Board, UP Shia Central Waqf Board and key litigant Iqbal Ansari.
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