Ayodhya Ram Mandir case: Supreme Court to hear Subramanian Swamy's plea
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday permitted BJP leader Subramanian Swamy to intervene in the appeals pending in the Ayodhya Ram Mandir title suits in which status quo has been ordered to be maintained.
A bench of Justices V. Gopala Gowa and Arun Mishra directed that Dr Swami’s petition, for a direction for the construction of Ram temple at Ayodhya by disposing of the batch of appeals expeditiously, be treated as an intervention application to be heard along with the main appeals.
In his petition, Dr Swami has urged the SC to allow the Hindus to rebuild the temple at the Ram Janmabhoomi site in Ayodhya. He said the exact spot where Lord Rama was born (Ram Janmabhoomi) has been and remains firmly identified in the Hindu mind and is held as sacred. This is the very area where stood from 1528 till December 6, 1992, a structure that came to be known as Babri Masjid, put up in 1528 by Babar’s commander Mir Baqi.
Quoting various instances, he said a temple and a masjid cannot be considered on a par as far as sacredness is concerned. A masjid is not an essential part of Islam, whereas according to the House of Lords, UK, the temple is always a temple even if in disuse or ruins. Thus, the fundamental truth is that Ram temple on Ram Janmabhoomi has an overriding claim to the site than any mosque. It is also well established by GPRS-directed excavations, done under the Allahabad HC monitoring and verification in 2002-03, that a large temple did exist below where the Babri Masjid structure once stood.
The Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) carried out excavations from 12.03.2003 to 07.08.2003, excavated 90 trenches and submitted its report. Inscriptions found during excavations describe it as a temple of Vishnu Hari. The ASI confirmed these findings on investigations that were directed by the HC. Therefore, there exists conclusive evidence of there being a Ram temple on the disputed site, consequently the Masjid was illegal, erected contrary to Islamic tenets. The Petitioner, therefore, approaches this Court to guarantee the enforcement of his (and other Hindus) fundamental rights and permit the rebuilding of the Lord Rama temple on Ram Janmabhoomi. He further urged the court to expedite adjudication and disposal of the said matter and in recognition of the larger public importance hear the matter on day to day basis in furtherance of social justice.
