04.01.15
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Babari Masjid demolition: SC issued notices to BJP leaders and Ministers, who were discharged by Allahabad High Court

Babari Masjid demolition was an organized action switched on by Hindu fundamentalists aimed to cater hatred against Muslim minority also to grab electoral gain. So the responsibility of that particular incident (and subsequent riots took place across the county, which led loss of so many lives and victimization) should be given to everyone who even made a word contribution to the chauvinistic behavior and triggered communal polarization before and after the Masjid demolition.

The decision of SC looking for conspiracy behind of the demolition and issue of notice to the BJP leaders including LK Advani and ministerial members of ruling government is appropriate in fact and very much satisfactory.

The Hindu report on 1st April 2015:

“The Central Bureau of Investigation that investigated the case had accused them all, but a trial court discharged them in a decision upheld by the Allahabad High Court in 2010.

The apex court intervention following a petition by Haji Mahboob Ahmad, a petitioner in the mosque demolition case, could revive the latent but inconclusive questions about the role of the senior leaders of the ruling party in the demolition that triggered violence across the country and polarised it.

A Bench led by Chief Justice H.L. Dattu issued notice to BJP veterans Mr. Advani, Murli Manohar Joshi, Union Minister Uma Bharti and Himachal Pradesh Governor Kalyan Singh.

The Supreme Court also asked the CBI to explain why it unduly delayed the appeal against the HC order.

The agency has been given four weeks to file its reply.

Mr. Ahmad’s petition contends that the trial court bifurcated the actual demolition and instigation into separate cases.“

[Story link: http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/babri-case-sc-issues-notices-to-bjp-leaders/article7052514.ece?homepage=true%5D

The case timeline

    • ›1949: Idols of Ram Lalla are placed surreptitiously under the central dome.
    • › 1950: Gopal Simla Visharad files first suit in Faizabad civil court for rights to perform pooja to Ram Lalla.
    • › 1950: Paramahansa Ramachandra Das files a suit for continuation of pooja and keeping idols in the structure.
    • › 1959: Nirmohi Akhara files third suit, seeking direction to hand over charge of the disputed site. U.P. Sunni Central Wakf Board files fourth suit in 1961 for declaration and possession and fifth in 1989 in the name of Ram Lalla Virajman for declaration and possession.
    • › 1986: District judge orders locks be removed. Site opened for Hindu worshippers.
    • › 1989: The four suits pending were transferred to the High Court.
    • › 1991: U.P. govt. acquires land around the structure for convenience of devotees who attend Ram Lalla darshan.
    • › 1992: The mosque is completely demolished by kar sevaks on December 6, resulting in widespread communal riots.
    • › 1993: Govt. takes over 67 acres of land around the area, seeks SC’s opinion on whether there existed a Hindu place of worship before the structure was built.
    • › 1994: Case goes back to Lucknow Bench of HC, suits heard again from 1996.
    • › 2002: High Court orders a survey by the Archaeological Survey of India to find out whether a temple existed below the mosque or not.
    • › 2010: Court awards two-thirds of Ayodhya site to Hindu parties, one-third to Waqf Board.

Murali Margassery

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