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    The document summarizes the key legal issues and questions in the Ayodhya title dispute case that the Allahabad High Court will rule on. The court will decide who has the legal claim to the disputed 2.77 acre land in Ayodhya where the Babri Masjid stood until 1992. The court will examine questions around whether a Hindu temple existed before the mosque's construction, whether Hindus have been worshipping at the site for a long time, and whether the mosque was abandoned in 1934. The judges will have to give their verdict based on facts but also address matters of faith, as it is a contentious case that has religious significance for both Hindus and Muslims.

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    The document summarizes the key legal issues and questions in the Ayodhya title dispute case that the Allahabad High Court will rule on. The court will decide who has the legal claim to the disputed 2.77 acre land in Ayodhya where the Babri Masjid stood until 1992. The court will examine questions around whether a Hindu temple existed before the mosque's construction, whether Hindus have been worshipping at the site for a long time, and whether the mosque was abandoned in 1934. The judges will have to give their verdict based on facts but also address matters of faith, as it is a contentious case that has religious significance for both Hindus and Muslims.

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    Ayodhya Verdict

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    The document summarizes the key legal issues and questions in the Ayodhya title dispute case that the Allahabad High Court will rule on. The court will decide who has the legal claim to the disputed 2.77 acre land in Ayodhya where the Babri Masjid stood until 1992. The court will examine questions around whether a Hindu temple existed before the mosque's construction, whether Hindus have been worshipping at the site for a long time, and whether the mosque was abandoned in 1934. The judges will have to give their verdict based on facts but also address matters of faith, as it is a contentious case that has religious significance for both Hindus and Muslims.

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    Ayodhya verdict: the long wait ends today

    New Delhi: A 60-year legal battle ends today (Thursday) as the Lucknow bench of the Allahabad
    High Court will pronounce the verdict in the Ayodhya title suit in the Babri Masjid and Ram
    janambhoomi case. The verdict is one of the longest running and contentious cases of independent
    India
    As the Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court prepares to adjudicate on one of the longest
    running and contentious cases of independent india the Babri Masjid-Ram janambhoomi dispute.
    Here’s a look at what really are the legal issues involved in the case and what is likely to be decided
    by the courts.
    It’s the longest running legal dispute in India. Call it what you will - Babri dispute or Ram Mandir
    dispute - it all simply boils down to who owns 60 sq ft by 40 ft land in Ayodhya. A place where the
    Babri Masjid used to stand till December 6, 1992.

    It’s a dispute which actually dates back to 1885 when the first petition was filed by the head of the
    Nirmohi Akhara asking for permission to offer prayers to Ram Lalla inside what was known as the
    Babri Masjid.
    That permission was never given. But the following year in 1886, district Judge of Faizabad
    court..F.E.A Chamier gave his verdict - "It is most unfortunate that a masjid should have been built
    on land specially held sacred by the Hindus, but as that event occurred 356 years ago, it is too late
    now to remedy the grievance."
    Since then, that is, from 1950 onwards a total of five title suits were filed in the Allahabad High Court,
    four in favour of Hindus and one from the Sunni Waqf Board - all staking claim to the title of the plot
    of land of the Babri Mosque.
    It’s these title suits, which are now going to be decided by this three-judge bench of the Allahabad
    High Court that comprises Justice Agarwal, Justice Sharma and Justice Khan who now have to
    answer the following questions:
    First, did a temple exist at the disputed site before 1528 when Mir Baqi constructed the Babri
    Masjid?
    Second, whether the suit filed by Sunni Waqf Board in 1961 was barred by time limitation?
    Third, was Ayodhya really the birth place of Lord Ram? And is there evidence to show that Hindus
    have been worshipping this place for a long time.
    Fourth, if Muslims had abandoned the mosque in 1934?
    Fifth, and was the appearance of Ram Lalla's idols inside the Babri Mosque area really an act of
    miracle?
    These are all questions which have been deliberated extensively over the past six decades. The
    challenge before the court is that it is being asked to give its verdict not just on matters of fact but
    also matters of faith.
    " Courts go by facts, not by what you or someone else may feel. Faith is not something that courts
    pay any special attention to," said Harish Salve.
    There is yet another legal dimension to the Ayodhya dispute. The criminal case, which was filed
    against several top Sangh Parivar leaders including L.K. Advani himself. That case continues to
    linger. On September 24, once the civil aspect of the case gets clearer, it will be the criminal aspect,
    perhaps, which will gain in prominence

    2.Ayodhya: questions before the High Court


    New Delhi: As Uttar Pradesh turns into a fortress ahead of the Ramjanmabhoomi-Babri Masjid title
    suit verdict, at 3.30pm on Thursday, the nation's eyes will be fixed on Justices Sibghat Ullah Khan,
    Sudhir Agarwal and Dharam Veer Sharma as they pronounce the verdict on the decades-old
    Ayodhya row.
    Here is what are the questions before the judges:
    Whether the building has been constructed on the site of an alleged Hindu temple after demolishing
    the same. If so, its effect?

    Whether the building in question, described as a mosque, was a mosque as claimed by the
    plaintiffs?
    Whether the building stood dedicated to almighty God as alleged by the plaintiffs?
    Whether the building had been used by members of the Muslim community for offering prayers since
    time immemorial?
    Whether the idols and objects of worship were placed inside - or were in existence even earlier?
    Have the Hindus been worshipping the place in dispute as Sri Ram Janmabhoomi and visiting it as a
    sacred place of pilgrimage as a (matter of) right since time immemorial?
    Know the judges
    Justice Sibghat Ullah Khan, is a science graduate from Aligarh Muslim University in 1971. He
    completed his LLB from Aligarh Muslim University and has been with the Allahabad High Court for
    the past 25 years and became a permanent judge in 2002.
    Justice Sudhir Agarwal is a science graduate from Agra University, who completed his law studies
    from Meerut in 1980. He became a permanent judge in October 2007.
    Justice Dharam Veer Sharma is the oldest member of the bench. He received his LLB in 1970 and
    became a permanent judge in 2007.
    So, despite Justice Sharma being the senior-most in age, he happens to be the junior-most in the
    seniority list. But that is inconsequential as all judges are equal on the Bench.
    While Justice Khan will reach the age of retirement on January 30, 2014, Justice Agarwal will retire
    on April 23, 2020.

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