Ayodhya case won't resume: Supreme Court rejects all 19 reconsideration petitions

The only alternative to a curative petition now against angry parties: Muslim board termed the ruling unfortunate

New delhi date. December 12, 2019, Thursday

All 19 re-review petitions filed against the Supreme Court verdict in the Ramjan Bhumi-Babri Masjid land dispute in Ayodhya have been rejected. The Constitutional Bench of five Supreme Court judges in the closed chamber said that there was no merit in the petitions.

There is no basis for reconsidering the Supreme Court's November 9 ruling. The Supreme Court on November 9 passed a verdict in favor of Ramlalla Virajman in this case and paved the way for the construction of the Ram temple in Ayodhya. In this case, 9 and nine other applicants from the party filed a reconsideration petition.

Chief Judge S.A. Bobde's leadership is headed by Judge DY Chandrachud, Justice Ashok Bhushan, Justice S.K. The Constitutional Bench of Abdul Nazir and Sanjeev Khanna rejected the reconsideration petitions.

In the five-judge bench of the Supreme Court, then-Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi retired, and his position included Sanjiv Khanna. Although the Constitutional Bench of the Supreme Court rejected the reconsideration petitions, a final judicial option is still open to the parties.

This final option against a court ruling is called a curative petition. However, the curative petition is somewhat different than the review application. It only marks what the parties think is needed to focus on specific issues rather than judgment.

About 19 reconsideration applications were filed in the Ayodhya case after the Supreme Court judgment on November 9. Nirmohi Akhada also filed a reconsideration petition in the Supreme Court. In his petition, Nirmohi Akhada said that even a month after the verdict, his role in the Ram Temple Trust was not fixed.

The court has given a clear order in this case, but now its application has also been rejected. The Constitutional Bench clearly believed that the centuries-old controversial civil court consisted mainly of four parties and only their reconsideration petitions were considered.

The Supreme Court refused to hear the review petitions filed by those who were not parties to the original case. In addition to the dismissal of these petitions, the request for a hearing in the open court was also automatically quashed.

The All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIPLB) and Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind made requests from the Muslim Party. The first petition for reconsideration of this court verdict was made by the original parties. Siddiqui's heir and chairman of UP Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind, Maulana Syed Ashhad Rashidi, filed.

These applications were requested to consider 14 issues. The five-judge bench, headed by the then Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi, unanimously passed the controversial 2.77 acres of land in Ayodhya in favor of 'Ram Lalla' in a unanimous ruling on November 9, and had five acres to direct the Sunni Waqf Board to construct a mosque in Ayodhya.