New Delhi: The Supreme Court on March 6 reserved its verdict on the Centre's plea for
vacation of the status quo order passed by the court last year on the land acquired
around the disputed site in Ayodhya.
Solicitor General Kirit Raval, appearing for the Union government, said the
status-quo on the undisputed land was creating uncertainty as under the law the
government was free to give back the land after making provision for access to the
disputed area.
He submitted this before a five-judge bench comprising Justice S Rajendra Babu,
Justice S S Quadri, Justice M B Shah, Justice N Santosh Hegde and Justice Dorai Sami
Ramu.
The government said it is duty bound to preserve the secular fabric of the country
but at the same time it could not ignore the repeated requests of a particular
community for utilisation of undisputed land for religious purposes as Ayodhya was
their religious hub.
He said the other community should not take a rigid stand and asked for continuance
of status-quo order, which had exceeded the 1994 judgement.
PTI
