1. Ayodhya Verdict
Made by
Students of BA LLB
Group 7

2. Contents
 Introduction
 Why it all started & History
 Demolition
 Accused
 Evidences used in the case
 2019 Verdict

3.  Ayodhya is situated in the city of Uttar Pradesh in north India.
 It is a historical city that has been mentioned in the many ages
old Vedas
 Ayodhya is known as the birth place of Sri Rama, hence many
millions of people believe it as a place of historical and religious
significance.
 It has been extensively recorded throughout the history of Islam
that wherever Islamic invaders went they attempted to convert and
suppress the local religion and population.
Introduction to Ayodhya

4. Introduction to Ayodhya Dispute
 The Ayodhya dispute is a political, historical and religious debate in India, it is on a plot of
land in the city of Ayodhya.
 Ayodhya is one of seven most holy places for Hindus in India.
 The main issue of the site is, it is traditionally regarded as the birthplace of the Hindu god
Rama, the location of Babri Mosque at the site, and if a previous Hindu temple was demolished
or modified to create a mosque.
 The Babri Mosque was destroyed by Hindu activists during a political rally which turned into a
riot on December 6, 1992.
 The first recorded legal history in Ayodhya dispute dates back to 1858. An FIR was filed on
November 30, 1858, by one Mohd Salim against a group of Nihang Sikhs who had installed their
nishan and written “Ram” inside the Babri mosque.

5. Why it all started ??
 The appeal centers around a dispute between two religious communities both of whom
claim to have ownership over a piece of land
 The land measures about 1500 square km , in the town of ayodhya
 The disputed property is of immense significance to the hindu’s and muslim community
 The hindus claim it is the birth place of Lord ram , an incarnation of Lord Vishnu
 The muslim community claim it is the site of the historical babri masjid built by the first
Mughal emperor of India , Babur.
 The court is tasked with a dispute regarding the origin of this issue and this issue is from
time imperial – the Mughal empire , colonial rule and present day constitutional regime
 Constitutional values form cornerstone of the nation , the dispute has taken 41 days of
hearing before the court
 The dispute prominently arose between 1950 to 1989

6. Why it all started ??
 Before the allahbad high court – An evidence both of oral and written were
submitted it resulted in three judgements for this case.
 The disputed land forms a part of the village of Kot rama Chandra / Ramkot at
Ayodhya.
 It is believed that an old structure of a mosque existed at this structure until 6th
December 1992.
 This site has devotees of lord ram who believe that lord ram was born at the
centre of this disputed site .
 The temple of Lord ram was destroyed by Babur.
 Muslim argued that the mosque was built on the vacant land by Babur

7. History
 The Mughal Emperor Babur came from Kabul to invade India in 1525, he defeated Ibrahim
Lodi in the battle of Panipat and also the Rajput King of Chittorgarh, Rana Sangram Singh.
 1528: The Babri Masjid built by Mir Baqi, a nobleman of Babur’s court.
 1855: The Hanumangarhi episode. Hindu-Muslim conflict as a consequence of an attempt
by Muslims under the leadership of Shah Gulam Hussain to oust the Hindu Bairagis from the
Hanumangarhi temple on the grounds that the temple had supplanted the mosque. The
Muslims were deafeated. The dispute was not over the Babri Masjid.
 30 Nov 1857: Maulvi Muhammad Asghar of the Masjid submits a petition to the magistrate
complaining that the Bairagis have built a chabutra close to mosque ( similar complaints are
made in 1860, 1877, 1883 and 1884).
 1859: The British Government erects a fence to separate the places of worship of the Hindus
and the Muslims. The Hindus are to enter from the East gate and the Muslims from the North.

8. History
 The disputed site has been the flash point of continued conflagration over the decade
 In 1856-57 , riots broke out between the two communities
 The colonial government attempted to raise a buffer between the two communities by setting up
a brick wall (6-7) feet
 Inner portion was used by the Muslim community whereas the outer part was used by the Hindu
community
 The outer courtyard was of Hindu significance as it has a platform called Ram chabutra
 A suit was filled in 1885 before the sub-judge of the Faziabad high court, The relief which he
sought was a permission to build a temple opom the outer courtyard
 In 1934 another conflagration took place which damaged the dome of the masjid
 The controversy entered into a new phase when on 22nd and 23rd November 1949, The
mosque was desecrated by a group of people who placed an idol of lord Ram under the central
dome
 This ultimately lead to attachment of section 144 and 145 section of crpc

9. Demolition
 December 1992 : On 6 December 1992, the BJP and other
supporting organizations organized a religious ceremony to
symbolically start the building of a temple at the sacred site. A
crowd of about 150,000 people had assembled to witness the
ceremonies, including speeches by BJP leaders L. K. Advani and
Murli Manohar Joshi.
 This was the day when the BABRI MASJID was demolished.
 The day of Symbolic Puja.
 More than 2 lakh people reached Ayodhya.
 Houses of the Muslims were put on fire.
 The construction of a temporary make-shift temple
commenced at about 7.30pm through Karseva.

10. Demolition
 A 2009 report, authored by Justice Manmohan Singh
Liberhan, found 50+ people to be responsible for the
demolition of the Masjid, mostly leaders from the BJP.
Among those named were Vajpayee, Advani, Joshi and
Vijay Raje Scindia. Kalyan Singh, who was then the Chief
Minister of Uttar Pradesh, also faced severe criticism in the
report.
 Liberhan wrote that he posted bureaucrats and police
officers to Ayodhya, whose record indicated that they would
stay silent during the mosque's demolition.

11. Accused People
 Atal Bihari Vajpayee: served as the eleventh Prime Minister of India.After a
brief stint as Prime Minister in 1996. There are at least 22 references to Mr
Vajpayee in the over 1029-page Liberhan Commission report.
 Balasaheb Thackeray: is the founder and Chief of the Shiv Sena, a Hindu
extremist, Marathi ethnocentric and populist party based in Indian state of
Maharashtra.
 Kalyan Singh: He has served two times as the Chief Minister of Uttar
Pradesh. He first became the chief minister of Uttar Pradesh in June 1991. His
government was dismissed by Central Government on 6th December 1992 after
the demolition of Babri Masjid.

12. Accused People
 L.K Advani: L.K.Advani began his political career when he joined the Rashtriya
Swayamsewak Sangh (R.S.S.) in 1942. In 1947, he became Secretary, RSS, Karachi.
 Uma Bharti: She was the Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh from 8th December
2003 to 23rd Aug 2004.Firstly, in November 2004, she was suspended from the BJP.
 Pramod Mahajan: He was one of the most powerful second generation leaders of
the BJP. Mahajan was a member of the RSS since childhood.

13. Evidences used in the case
 ASI (Archeological Survey of India) has done 5 surveys in total
on that disputed site from the year 1862–63 to 2003.
 Out of these 5 surveys, 4 Cleary stated the association of
Ayodhya with the traditions of Rama and asserted that the
present-day Ayodhya was the Ayodhya of the Ramayana years.
 The last ASI survey report also said there is sufficient proof of
existence of a massive and monumental structure having a
minimum dimension of 50x30 meters in north-south and east-
west directions respectively just below the disputed structure.
 The report concluded that it was over the top of this
construction during the early 16th century that the disputed
structure was constructed directly resting over it.

14. Evidences used in the case
 Also, Pillar bases were first discovered by the ASI's former
director-general, BB Lal, in 1975.
 In the Babri Mosque there were at least fourteen stone pillars
that have been dated to the early 11th century and more pillars
were found during excavations buried in the ground near the
mosque.
 About archeological findings under the Babri Masjid there has
been never proof enough to prove finding of relics under the
site and those relics being dated to 1000's of year.
 History says there was an ancient temple which was built in
maharaja vikramaditya time, a temple of lord Shri Ram at
ayodhya

15. 2019 VERDICT
 Judges: CJI Ranjan Gogoi, Justice SA Bobde, Justice DY Chandrachud, Justice
Ashok Bhushan and Justice Abdul Nazeer.
 Muslim minority was represented by lawyer Zafaryab Jilani
 Senior advocate C S Vaidyanathan represented the deity of 'Ram Lalla
Virajaman’.
 The Bench, headed by CJI Gogoi and comprising Justices SA Bobde (CJI elect),
DY Chandrachud, Ashok Bhushan and S Abdul Nazeer had heard the matter for a
marathon 40-days.
 In its unanimous 5-0 verdict, the SC ruled that the disputed 2.77 acre land in
Ayodhya will be handed over to a trust formed by the central government for the
construction of a Ram Temple.

16. 2019 VERDICT
 The five-judge bench led by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi ruled that
Hindus will get land subject to certain conditions, and directed the Centre
to allot an alternative 5-acre plot to the Sunni Waqf Board for building a
new mosque at either a "prominent" place in the holy town in Uttar
Pradesh or in the 67 acres surrounding the disputed site that were
acquired by the government in 1993.
 The court has said in its verdict that the Nirmohi Akhara is not a shebait
or devotee of the deity Ram Lalla and the Akhara's suit was barred by
limitation.