In 2020, the CBI Special Court acquitted 32 accused in the Babri Mosque demolition case.
Updated – Thu, 08 Dec 22 at 09:47 AM
Lucknow: The All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) said it would move the Supreme Court to challenge the acquittal of the accused in the Babri Mosque demolition case.
In 2020, the CBI Special Court acquitted 32 accused in the Babri Mosque demolition case.
The defendants included top leaders of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) at the time, including former deputy prime minister Lal Krishna Advani, Murli Manohar Joshi, Uma Bhatti and former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Kalyan Singh.
On December 6, 1992, thousands of Hindu karsevaks demolished the Babri Mosque in Ayodhya. They believe it was built on the ruins of a demolished Hindu temple that marked the birthplace of Lord Rama.
When the mosque was demolished, a case over the ownership of that land was already underway.
The Supreme Court awarded the land to Hindus in 2019. A Ram Mandir is now being built on that land.
Earlier this year, two Ayodhya residents, Haji Mahboob and Syed Akhlaq, filed an amendment petition in the Allahabad High Court. Two High Court judges dismissed the amendment application on Nov. 9, saying the appellants had no standing to challenge the judgment because they were not victims of the case.
AIMPLB executive member and spokesman Syed Qasil Rasool Ilyas said the board has now decided to lodge a plea against the acquittal in the Supreme Court.
“We will definitely turn to the Supreme Court, which has already recognized in the Ayodhya judgment that the demolition of Babri Masjid is a criminal act. The five Supreme Court judges who handed down the historic Ayodhya judgment will undermine The Buri Mosque called it a serious breach of the rule of law, and the defendants remain impunity,” Rasool added.
Rasul said that the appellants Haji Mahbubu and Syakraq were CBI witnesses whose house was attacked and burned down on December 6, 1992 by a mob assembled by the accused. He stated that Mahboob and Akhlaq lived near Babri Masjid.
