Muslim Law Board to appeal in SC against Ayodhya verdict

Lucknow, Oct 16 (PTI) The All India Muslim Personal
Law Board Saturday unanimously decided to challenge the
Allahabad High Court's verdict on the Ayodhya title suits in
the Supreme Court of India.
"During a meeting of the working committee, it was
decided that the AIMPLB will move the Supreme Court directly
or through the Sunni Central Waqf Board," Board sources said
in the north Indian city of Lucknow.
The 51-member committee discussed in detail the High
Court verdict. The Muslim Law Board members had earlier made
it clear that the High Court verdict was not acceptable to it
as it was based on faith and not on evidence.
The Sunni Central Waqf Board, one of the litigants to
the Ayodhya title suit, had ruled out giving up claim on the
mosque in the north Indian city of Ayodhya and said that
exploring possibilities for an amicable solution to the
dispute without a concrete proposal was a "futile exercise".
The Waqf Board also said that the proposal should be
within the framework of Shariat (Islamic law) and felt that
the threat by the oldest litigant, Mohammed Hashim Ansari, to
pull out will have no impact on the case.
"This issue can only be sorted out when claim of
Muslims is upheld. We can not surrender our claim," the
Board's Counsel Zafaryab Jilani had said.
The Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court had on
September 30 directed that the 2.77-acre disputed land be
divided in three parts among the Hindus and the Muslims. Of
this, two parts go to Hindu organisations while the remaining
to the Muslims. PTI