Allahabad HC reserves order on razing of mosque
The district administration razed the mosque on May 17, claiming it to be an 'illegal structure'.
The district administration razed the mosque on May 17, claiming it to be an 'illegal structure'.
The trust will also set up a website with an inbuilt gateway to receive donations online.
A delegation of the newly formed Masjid Trust -- Indo-Islamic Cultural Foundation led by its president Zufar Faruqi and the Board's Chief Executive Officer Sayyad Mohammad Shoib met Ayodhya DM Anuj Kumar Jha at the latter's residence.
The government spokesman said that the proposal was in compliance with the Supreme Court verdict on November 9 that said that five acres of land is to be given to the Muslim side for mosque construction.
In a unanimous verdict on November 9, the supreme court had paved the way for the construction of a Ram Temple at the disputed site and directed the Centre to allot five acres of land to the Sunni Waqf Board.
Maulana Syed Ashhad Rashidi, legal heir of original litigant M Siddiq, filed the plea, saying the judgment suffers from "errors apparent on record and warrants a review under Article 137 of the Constitution of India."
In a unanimous verdict last week, the Supreme Court ordered for the construction of a Ram temple at the disputed site in Ayodhya and directed the Centre to allot a five-acre plot to the Sunni Waqf Board.
'We will decide whether we will take it or not. If the Board decides to take land in its meeting, we will decide how it is to be taken and what will be its condition,' said Zufar Farooqui.
Earlier in the day, Supreme Court cleared the way for the construction of Ram temple at the disputed site in Ayodhya and directed the Centre to allot a five-acre plot to the Sunni Waqf Board for building a mosque.
The Supreme Court observed that there is adequate material in the ASI report to conclude that the Babri Masjid was not constructed on vacant land and that there was a structure underlying the disputed structure.
