Supreme Court judges who delivered Ayodhya verdict invited
New Delhi, January 19
Five Supreme Court judges, including present CJI DY Chandrachud, who were part of the Constitution Bench which paved way for the construction of the Ram Temple at the disputed site in Ayodhya, have been invited as state guests to witness the consecration ceremony on January 22.
Besides the present CJI Chandrachud, former CJIs Ranjan Gogoi and SA Bobde and former judges Ashok Bhushan and S Abdul Nazeer were part of the Bench which had delivered the historic verdict on November 9, 2019.
The unanimous and anonymous verdict had backed the construction of the Ram Temple by a government trust at the disputed site in Ayodhya and ruled that an alternative five-acre plot must be found for a mosque in the town.
The Uttar Pradesh Government’s list of invitees also include over 50 jurists, including former Chief Justices, judges and top lawyers, as well as K Parasaran, the counsel for ‘Ram Lalla’.
