Review of earlier ruling rejected
Last month, the apex court had declined to review a 1994 ruling that the government can acquire land that a mosque is built on as a mosque is not integral to Islam. Many had interpreted the decision as a signal that the Ram temple-Babri mosque dispute could be taken up without any delay.
The bench, headed by then Chief Justice of India (CJI) Dipak Misra, said it would not review an earlier verdict, delivered in 1994, about whether a mosque is fundamental to the practice of Islam.
In 2010, the Allahabad High Court (HC) had ordered that the 1.12 hectares of land be partitioned equally among the three parties — the Sunni Waqf Board, Nirmohi Akhara and Ram Lalla.