On Tuesday, the Central Government requested Supreme Court to hear its plea seeking return of the 67 acres of Ayodhya land, except the disputed area, to the owners. Scroll down for more details!
“While returning excess 67.39 acres to original owners of the land, including Ram Janmabhoomi Nyas, the Centre would ensure that the ultimate party succeeding in appeals would get the ownership and enjoyment of rights in the disputed land.”
The Centre to the SC
In 1994, the SC had upheld validity of the acquisition Act in Ismail Faruqui judgment but clarified that
“Acquisition of the disputed area was not meant to deprive the community found entitled to it of the same or to retain any part of the excess area which was not necessary for a proper resolution of the dispute or to effectuate the purpose of acquisition”.
The SC’s clarification in 1994, it confirmed the validity of the acquisition
When attempts were made to initiate ‘Bhoomi Pujan’ in the disputed Ayodhya land followed by Mohammed Aslam aka Bhure’s petition, the SC said:
“Acquisiton of larger extent of land is incidental to the main purpose. Thus, the two acquired lands are intrinsically connected with one another and cannot be separated at this stage of the proceedings for different treatment during interregnum.”
Supreme Court
Many political pundits are contemplating assumptions that the move to plea the SC has been made to woo majority ahead of the 2019 Lok Sabha elections.
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