Ayodhya case: Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind files first review plea in Supreme Court

The Muslim body Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind has filed a review petition against the Supreme Court's decision to greenlight the building of a temple on the former site of the Babri Masjid.

The 2.77-acre plot of land is considered by Hindus to be Lord Ram's birthplace. The Babri Masjid stood on the site for centuries till it was destroyed by kar sevaks in 1992, sparking nationwide riots.

Last month the Supreme Court awarded the disputed land to the deity Ram Lalla, but gave the Sunni Waqf Board a different, five-acre plot of land within Ayodhya for a mosque.

Besides the Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind, the All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) is also expected to file a review plea before December 9.

The Sunni Waqf Board has decided against asking for a



review. It is also yet to take a call on whether to accept the five-acre plot.

Maulana Arshad Madani, chief of the Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind, said earlier that a majority of Muslims want the review petition to be filed and the number of those in the community who are against it are very few.

"The court has given us this right and the review must be filed," Madani told the Press Trust of India.

"The main contention in the case was that the mosque was built by destructing a temple. The court said that there was no evidence that the mosque was built after destructing a temple; the title of Muslims therefore was proven, but the final verdict was the opposite," Madani said.

"So we are filing a review as the verdict is beyond understanding," he said.