Ayodhya title dispute: the court shouldn’t go beyond belief to see rationality, says Ram Lalla’s counsel

On Tuesday, the senior advocate told the court that the birthplace of Lord Ram is also a deity and Muslims cannot claim right over the 2.77-acre disputed land.
It is the belief of Hindus that Ayodhya is Lord Ram’s birthplace and the court should not go beyond to see how rational it is, said deity Ram Lalla Virajman’s counsel on Wednesday before the Supreme Court which is hearing the politically sensitive Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid case for the sixth day.
Senior advocate C.S. Vaidyanathan, appearing for deity Ram Lalla Virajman, advanced arguments before a five-judge Constitution Bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi. The Bench also comprises Justices S.A. Bobde, D.Y. Chandrachud, Ashok Bhushan and S.A. Nazeer.
The senior advocate had on Tuesday told the court that the birthplace of Lord Ram is also a deity and Muslims cannot claim right over the 2.77-acre disputed land in Ayodhya as any division of the property would amount to “destruction” and “mutilation” of the deity itself.
The submissions came while responding to a query posed by the bench that if Hindus and Muslims were jointly possessing the disputed Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid site then how Muslims can be ousted.
14 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 is partitioned equally among the three parties — the Sunni Waqf Board, the Nirmohi Akhara and Ram Lalla.