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Ayodhya Ram Mandir Court Case and Verdict

The Road To Ram Lalla - Tracing the legal battle to reclaim Ram Janmabhoomi — The Road To Ram Lalla – Tracing the legal battle to reclaim Ram Janmabhoomi

On the 9th of November 2019, in a historic judgement ending a dispute spanning centuries, the Supreme Court of India handed over the disputed Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri masjid land to the Hindu parties, making way for Hindu devotees to have a grand Ram Mandir at the birthplace of Lord Ram.

This tag collates reports where OpIndia tracked the court case and the legal battle to reclaim Ram Janmabhoomi.

Law

Ram Mandir case: SC reprimands Muslim parties for constantly repeating same argument, Rajeev Dhavan apologises for interruptions

OpIndia Staff - 2 October, 2019

Rajeev Dhavan had tried to drown Vaidyanathan’s arguments in the Ram Mandir case by interrupting through the microphone

News Reports

Former ASI regional director KK Muhammed explains why Muslims should voluntarily hand over the land at Ayodhya to Hindus

OpIndia Staff - 1 October, 2019

Ram Temple at Ayodhya is as important for Hindus as Mecca an Medina is for Muslims, said the ex ASI official

News Reports

Ram Mandir case: Muslim parties apologise to Supreme Court for questioning ASI report

OpIndia Staff - 26 September, 2019

Further, the Supreme Court on Thursday asked parties in the Ramjanmabhoomi-Babri Masjid case to finish their arguments by October 18. The Supreme Court also warned that the parties will not be given any extra day.

Law

‘Methodology perfunctory, at the best, only an opinion,’ SC junks report by ‘Eminent Historians’ on Ram Janmabhoomi

OpIndia Staff - 18 September, 2019

Rajeev Dhavan, arguing for the Sunni Waqf Board, presented the report in the Court as material in favour of Babri Masjid in the ongoing day-to-day hearings in the Ayodhya Dispute.

News Reports

“A worshipper’s unflinching belief in the Ram Janmabhumi can’t be questioned”, Supreme Court tells Muslim party lawyer during Ayodhya hearing

OpIndia Staff - 15 September, 2019

Why can't Ram’s birthplace have rights like a juristic person, SC asks Muslim parties in Ayodhya case

Law

How was the disputed structure a mosque under Quranic law if a Hindu deity was always worshipped within it, asks SC

OpIndia Staff - 5 September, 2019

CJI Ranjan Gogoi asked senior Advocate Dhavan on whether he accepts that if the Hindus carried out prayers in the outer courtyard in the 'chabutra', it would mean there would be a deity.

Opinions

Bharat, Dharma and the law: Colonial enslavement of the ‘modern’ Indian minds

J Sai Deepak - 15 August, 2019

The typical 'modern' Indian mind still seeks validation on benchmarks set by the erstwhile colonial master, which it has internalized so deep within its consciousness that it has come to accept them as not just the normal but also the ideal.

News Reports