{"id":57154,"date":"2019-08-13T21:08:07","date_gmt":"2019-08-13T15:38:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/?p=57154"},"modified":"2019-08-13T21:08:07","modified_gmt":"2019-08-13T15:38:07","slug":"ayodhya-on-5th-day-of-hearing-arguments-in-supreme-court-on-whether-temple-existed-on-disputed-site","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/ayodhya-on-5th-day-of-hearing-arguments-in-supreme-court-on-whether-temple-existed-on-disputed-site","title":{"rendered":"Ayodhya: On 5th day of hearing, arguments in Supreme Court on whether temple existed on disputed site"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Arguments on whether a temple existed at the disputed site in Ayodhya were presented on Tuesday before the Supreme Court which heard the politically sensitive Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid case for the fifth day.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/08\/sc.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"275\" height=\"183\" data-attachment-id=\"57117\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/presidents-nod-to-increase-number-of-supreme-court-judges\/sc-48\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/08\/sc.jpg?fit=275%2C183&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"275,183\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"sc\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/08\/sc.jpg?fit=275%2C183&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-57117\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/08\/sc.jpg?resize=275%2C183&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/08\/sc.jpg?w=275&amp;ssl=1 275w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/08\/sc.jpg?resize=150%2C100&amp;ssl=1 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 275px) 100vw, 275px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nSenior advocate C S Vaidyanathan, appearing for deity Ram Lalla Virajman, advanced arguments on whether there was an existing temple over which the mosque came up, before a five-judge constitution bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi.<\/p>\n<p>Three judges of the Allahabad High Court had held that there was a temple at the disputed site, Vaidyanathan told the bench also comprising Justices S A Bobde, D Y Chandrachud, Ashok Bhushan and S A Nazeer.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Justice SU Khan of the high court had said that the mosque was built on the ruins of the temple,&#8221; the senior advocate told the bench.<\/p>\n<p>Senior advocate K Parasaran, also appearing for deity &#8216;Ram Lalla Virajman&#8217; told the court that it must do &#8220;full and complete justice&#8221; in all matters before it.<\/p>\n<p>The bench had on Friday last asked as to whether anyone from the &#8216;Raghuvansha&#8217; (descendants of Lord Ram) dynasty still resides in Ayodhya.<\/p>\n<p>Fourteen appeals have been filed in the apex court against the 2010 Allahabad High Court judgment, delivered in four civil suits, that the 2.77-acre land in Ayodhya be partitioned equally among the three parties &#8212; the Sunni Waqf Board, the Nirmohi Akhara and Ram Lalla.<\/p>\n<p>On December 6, 1992, the Babri Masjid, which was constructed at the disputed site in the 16th century by Shia Muslim Mir Baqi, was demolished.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Arguments on whether a temple existed at the disputed site in Ayodhya were presented on Tuesday before the Supreme Court which heard the politically sensitive Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid case for the fifth day. 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