Supreme Court reserves verdict on Ayodhya issue

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday reserved its verdict on a preliminary issue in the Ayodhya title dispute whether the 1994 ruling, viz “a mosque is not an essential aspect of Islam and Namaz by Muslims can be offered anywhere, even in open” requires to be revisited by a five-judge Constitution bench.

A three-judge Bench under Chief Justice Dipak Misra agreed to examine this as a preliminary issue after senior counsel Rajeev Dhavan, submitted that the 1994 verdict required reconsideration. There was a ruckus in the court when senior counsel C.S. Vaidyanathan appearing for Hindus objected to senior advocate Rajeev Dhavan for his submissions last week that Hindu Talibans had demolished Babri Masjid.