Lucknow: Nirmohi Akhara, a Hindu charitable trust and one of the original contestants to the Ram Janambhoomi-Babri Masjid title suit, on Friday filed a petition in Lucknow bench of Allahabad High Court asking for a time of 10 days to reach a compromise formula on the dispute.
The Akhada which runs many temple trusts across the country filed an affidavit seeking deferment of the verdict in the title suit case that is to be delivered on September 24 at 3:30 PM by a three-judge bench comprising of Justice SU Khan, Justice Sudhir Agarwal, Justice DV Sharma.
"We accepts applicant Ramesh Chandra Tripathi request for solving the matter through negotiation in national interest and we have asked for some time. It can be seven or 10 days. We don't need much time for peaceful negotiation. It can be done in 10 days, can be negotiated by September 27 and if negotiation fails the court can pass its judgment," said Nirmohi Akhara lawyer Ranjit Lal Verma.
But two other petitioners, the Hindu Mahasabha and the Wakf Board, have ruled out any out-of-court settlement.
But the High Court bench refused to defer the verdict while hearing two petitions asking for postponement of the verdict. The first petition had been filed by Ramesh Chandra Tripathi asking to defer the verdict in view of reports in the media that the pronouncement might disturb communal harmony and lead to violence.
The second petition had been moved by a group of eminent citizens of Lucknow who wanted the verdict postponed keeping in mind security and prestige of the country for Commonwealth Games.
The original dispute of who owns the 60sq ft by 40 sq ft land on which the Babri Masjid once stood is between Sunni Waqf Board and Nirmohi Akhara.
The first suit in the Ayodhya dispute was filed by the Nirmohi Akhara in 1885 with sub-judge of Faizabad, seeking consent to construct a temple over the Ram Chabutra, adjacent to the Babri Masjid.
The sub-judge had then held that two large religious structures in close proximity could potentially be a threat to public order and the permission was declined.
Nirmohi Akhara had approached the district judge of Faizabad in March 1886. The district judge, FEA Chamier, wrote "It is most unfortunate that a masjid should have been built on land specially held sacred by the Hindus, but as that event occurred 356 years ago, it is too late now to remedy the grievance."
The history of the title suit dispute:
January 16, 1950: Gopal Singh Visharad filed a case in the court of the civil judge, Faizabad, seeking permission to worship the deities installed at "Asthan Janma Bhoomi". An interim injunction restraining Muslims from removing the idols was granted. Visharad is now dead.
December 5, 1950: Paramhans Ram Chandra Das, Head Ram Janmabhoomi Nyas, filed a suit seeking permission for "worship and darshan without any check, obstruction or interference". Paramhans is dead.
February 1, 1951: Civil judge, Faizabad, consolidated the suits filed by Visharad and Das.
December 17, 1959: On behalf of the Nirmohi Akhara, Mahant Raghunath filed a third suit in the court of the civil judge, Faizabad, seeking to remove Priya Dutt Ram from the management of the "temple" and take charge himself.
December 16, 1961: The Sunni Central Boards of Waqfs, UP, and others filed a suit against Visharad, seeking "a decree for the delivery of possession of the mosque and graveyard by removal of the idols and other articles
April 6, 1964: All three suits filed by Hindus and the one filed by the Waqf Board were consolidated as suit No. 12/1961, which became the main case in the dispute.
July 1, 1989: Retired High Court judge Deoki Nandan Agarwal filed a suit claiming ownership of the disputed land and seeks sanction to build a new building in place of the old structure. He files petition on behalf of "next friend" of "perpetual minor" Ram lalla. His petition reads "My sevaks should be allowed to repair my house."
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