The high court had then ruled a three-way division of the disputed 2.77-acre area at Ayodhya among the parties - the Sunni Waqf Board, the Nirmohi Akhara and the Lord Ram Lalla. However, its intervention was opposed by the All India Sunni Waqf Board that had claimed that judicial adjudication between the two sects had already been done in 1946 by declaring the mosque, which was demolished on December 6, 1992, as one which belongs to the Sunnis. The litigation has records dating back to the 16th century and written in several languages, including Arabic and Persian. The other parties in the case are Shia Waqf Board and UP government. (Inputs from agencies)WATCH | Ram temple will be built at disputed site in Ayodhya, says RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat

Source: India Today December 05, 2017 03:21 UTC