Ayodhya Title Suit

Ayodhya title suit: Z-security provided to judges

Lucknow: The Uttar Pradesh government Monday informed the Lucknow bench of Allahabad High Court (HC) that it had provided Z-category security to the three judges connected to the Ayodhya Title suit. The security provided to Justice SU Khan, Justice Sudhir Agarwal and Justice DV Sharma (now retired), was owing to threat perceptions emanating from terror groups like SIMI and Indian Mujahideen, the government informed.

The court on Monday was hearing a petition demanding security cover to judges and lawyers who represented the Hindu side during the petition. A division bench of Justice DP Singh and Justice DK Upadhyay had asked the centre and the Uttar Pradesh government to see that security arrangements were in place in and around the HC's Lucknow and Allahabad bench campus.

The writ petition before the HC bench had last week raised issues of security of the judges and lawyers after the arrest of four terrorists by Madhya Pradesh ATS in June 2011. During their interrogation, the arrested terrorists had spoken of plans to attack lawyers involved in the contentious title suits.

The two-judge bench Monday issued directions to the respondents to ensure that no car or vehicles should be permitted to enter the premises of the HC without pass and screening/under vehicle search mirror. The bench further said that no person including the litigants and members of Bar shall be allowed to enter into the court premises without due check at security points....more    

Ram Lalla's friend joins Ayodhya settlement talks

New Delhi: The three groups involved in the Ayodhya title suit have come together for the first time to look for an out-of-court solution to the dispute, with representatives of Ram Lalla Virajman joining the talks for the first time. Triloki Nath Pandey, who represents Ram Lalla Virajman, joined the negotiations aimed at finding an amicable solution to the 60-year-old dispute. Mahant Bhaskar Das of Nirmohi Akhara, which has been...  

Ayodhya: questions before the High Court

New Delhi: As Uttar Pradesh turns into a fortress ahead of the Ramjanmabhoomi-Babri Masjid title suit verdict, at 3.30pm on Thursday, the nation's eyes will be fixed on Justices Sibghat Ullah Khan, Sudhir Agarwal and Dharam Veer Sharma as they pronounce the verdict on the decades-old Ayodhya row. Here is what are the questions before the judges: Whether the building has been constructed on the site of an alleged Hindu...  

A short history of the Ayodhya dispute

New Delhi: The Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court delivered its verdict on the Ayodhya title suit onThursday). Here is all you want to know about the title suit. Ayodhya title dispute December 1949: Idols of Ram Lalla & Sita Mata appear 'miraculously' inside the Babri Mosque. Hindus claim lord Ram has appeared in his birth land, hence land belongs to Hindus. Total of five title suits filed before...  

Talks can't solve Ayodhya dispute: Sunni body

Sagardighi/New Delhi: The Sunni Wakf Board has filed an affidavit to the Supreme Court on the Ayodhya dispute, saying the matter cannot be sorted out through reconciliation. A three-judge bench headed by Chief Justice of India SH Kapadia, Justice Aftab Alam and Justice KS Radhakrishnan will hear a petition on Tuesday whether to defer the verdict by the Lucknow bench of Allahabad High Court in the title suit case. Meanwhile,...