NEW DELHI: (AMN): The supreme court on Tuesday revoked the stay order on the Allahabad high court on Babri Masjid–Ramjanambhoomi title suits. Now the Lucknow bench of Allahabad high court would pronounce the verdict on the much awaited controversial case on Thursday afternoon.
Attorney General G E Vahanvati, appearing before a three-judge special bench headed by Chief Justice S H Kapadia, said the most preferred solution to the problem would be settlement but it has not taken place and the uncertainty which is prevailing should not be allowed to continue.
The hearing started with senior advocate Mukul Rohatgi put forth arguments on behalf of a retired bureaucrat Ramesh Chand Tripathi on why the delivery of the verdict should be postponed and efforts be made to reach an amicable settlement outside the court.
Besides the Chief Justice, the special bench also includes Justices Aftab Alam and K S Radhakrishnan.
The Sunni Central Waqf Board and Akhil Bharat Hindu Mahasabha, two conflicting parties to the title suit, have ruled out the scope of reconciliation in their affidavits filed in the apex court.
On Friday the apex court stayed the pronouncement of verdict by the Allahabad High Court scheduled for September 24 on four title suits. While entertaining the special leave petition to defer the judgment for resolution of disputes through negotiations the apex court had referred the matter to the chief justice for posting it before a larger bench. The interim order by the court said that they are referring the issue to the Chief Justice in view of the divergent views expressed by them on staying the pronouncement of the verdict by the high court. Attorney General G E Vahanvati who has been asked to assist the Court will inform the court about the Centre’s stand on the issue.
Reacting on the supreme court ruling, Law Minister Veerappa Moily said, "Nobody wants uncertainty prolonged." He said that the people of India were mature enough to maintain communal harmony. ‘Anybody can come to the Supreme Court’. He said: “The government has maintained secular, impartial stand and will continue to do so," Law Minister however said that he always lent support for compromise.
