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Ayodhya
case: Hashim Ansari to file appeal
Sunday February 13, 2011 06:11:41 PM,
IANS
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Lucknow: Hashim Ansari,
the oldest litigant in the Ayodhya land dispute, has finally given
up hope for an out-of-court settlement on the issue, saying he
will file a special leave petition in the Supreme Court Monday
against the verdict of the Allahabad High Court.
Ninety-year old Ansari, who had initiated moves for a final
settlement on the vexed issue through negotiations, said Sunday he
was compelled to take the decision following much opposition from
various parties.
After 21-years of hearing, Allahabad High Court passed the verdict
Sep 30 by its special bench comprising Justices S.U. Khan, Sudhir
Agrawal and Dharam Veer Sharma, dividing the land where the Babri
mosque once stood into three parts - one each for Ram Lalla and a
Ram temple and one for the mosque. It also suggested re-adjustment
of land to the parties out of the surplus 67 acres of adjoining
land acquired by the union government.
However, far from being pacified, the contestants - the Sunni Waqf
Board, the Nirmohi Akhara and Ram Lalla - moved the Supreme Court
against the verdict.
Ansari was only one to refrain so far from filing an appeal
because he believed that his efforts towards an out-of-court
settlement would bear fruit.
"I tried everything to bring an end to the court battle. I hoped
and prayed that the other parties would agree with me. I hoped the
issue would end in my lifetime. But sadly that does not seem to be
so. Therefore I have signed the documents for filing the appeal",
Ansari told IANS over the telephone from Ayodhya.
His lawyer Zafaryab Jilani, who was the first to move the apex
court on behalf of the Sunni Central Waqf Board that was also
represented by him, said: "Hashim Ansari has at long last sworn an
affidavit to appeal against the high court verdict."
According to Jilani, the affidavit is "more or less on the same
lines as the one filed by on behalf of the Sunni Central Waqf
Board, which challenged the high court order that tends to
overstep its jurisdiction beyond legal limits."
"Far from answering the vital question of the title over the
disputed land, the high court chose to turn into a self-appointed
arbitrator," Jilani said.
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