New Delhi, May 8
The Supreme Court will tomorrow hear arguments in the Ramjanmbhoomi-Babri Masjid title suit in which a bunch of petitions have been filed by various Muslim and Hindu groups challenging the Allahabad High Court verdict.

Expressing dissatisfaction over the high court’s verdict of dividing the 2.77-acre disputed site into three parts among Muslims, Hindus and the Nirmohi Akhara, different religious groups have approached the apex court.

A Bench of Justices Aftab Alam and RM Lodha will hear the appeals filed by the Nirmohi Akhara, the Akhil Bharat Hindu Mahasabha, the Jamait Ulama-I-Hind and the Sunni Central Wakf Board. A petition has also been filed on behalf of Bhagwan Ram Virajman (seated Baby Ram).

The Wakf Board and the Jamait Ulama-I-Hind have submitted that the high court’s verdict should be quashed as it was based on faith and not on evidence. It contended that the court had committed an error by holding that the building stood at the place of birth of Ram.

They submitted that claims of Muslims, Hindus and the Nirmohi Akhara over the controversial site were mutually exclusive and could not be shared.

“It was nobody’s case in the high court that Muslims, Hindus and the Nirmohi Akhara were in joint possession of the disputed premises. The claims of the three sets of plaintiffs were mutually exclusive in the sense each set of plaintiffs claimed the entire property as its own and no one sought a decree for partition of the property,” the appeals said.

The Hindu Mahasabha, on the other hand, has sought only partial annulment of the majority verdict of the high court, which ruled for handing over one-third of the disputed site to Muslims. It sought the apex court’s endorsement of the September 30 minority verdict by Justice Dharam Veer Sharma, who ruled for handing over of the entire land to Hindus.