An apex court bench of Justice Aftab Alam and Justice R.M. Lodha, admitted the petition and attached it with the main case. Akhli Bhartiya Sri Ram Janmabhoomi Punarudhar Samiti of Shankaracharya of Jyotishpeeth and Dwarka Swami Sri Swaroopanand Saraswatiji Maharaj has questioned the Ayodhya verdict of the High court trifurcating the disputed site in three parts.
The Sunni Waqf Board in its plea said that the Akhli Bhartiya Sri Ram Janmabhoomi Punarudhar Samiti was not a party before the Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court concerning main disputed site. The High Court had pronounced its Ayodhya verdict Sept 30, 2010.
Sunni Waqf Board, counsel Anoop Chaudhary told the court that Akhli Bhartiya Sri Ram Janmabhoomi Punarudhar Samiti was before the High Court in another matter which was dismissed and now cannot file an appeal in respect of the matter in which it was not a party before the High court.
At this court said that it was a single judgment wherein all the issues were addressed. The court said that objections raised by Sunni Waqf Board will be kept open and considered when it takes up the matter for hearing.
Senior counsel A.K.Ganguly who appeared for the Akhli Bhartiya Sri Ram Janmabhoomi Punarudhar Samiti contended that the plea of the Sunni Waqf Board was not accepted by the High court yet they walked away with one third of the dispute sit. He said that if Sunni waqf Board can move the apex court and challenge the (High Court) verdict then they could not be excluded from the same.
The high court’s verdict last year had directed that the disputed site be divided in three parts between the three contending parties. The Supreme Court May 9, 2011 stayed the verdict, describing it as “strange and surprising.”
By the said verdict, the disputed site was trifurcated and was given to Sunni Waqf Board, the Idol (Ram Lala) and the Nirmoohi Akhara. While the site right beneath the central done of the demolished structure was to be given to Idol (Ram Lala), the Ram Chabutara and Sita Rasoi was earmarked for Nirmohi Akhara and rest for the Sunni Waqf Board.