Supreme Court stays 'strange' Babri Masjid verdict; All parties 'satisfied'
Dr Sanjay Kumar Cardiothoracic Cardiac Heart Surgeon India
Assailing the Sep 30, 2010, judgment of the Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court, the apex court bench of Justice Aftab Alam and Justice R.M. Lodha said that by directing the partition of the disputed site in Ayodhya, the high court has given an entirely new dimension to the case.
"It is a rare judgment whose operation has to be stayed" and an "entirely new dimension was given (to the case) by the high court (by its verdict)", the apex court bench said.
"It was a strange and surprising order that was not prayed for by any of the parties and cannot be allowed to remain," it said.
"We have read the judgment twice," the court said, adding, "Nowhere was there a prayer by any party seeking division of the disputed site." The court said the case has opened a "litany of litigations".
Justice Lodha said, "Partition (verdict). This is something surprising. Nobody prayed for partition."
"(High) Court has done something strange by its order," Justice Alam pointed out.