New Delhi: In a new twist to the Ayodhya dispute on the eve of the verdict by the Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court, a member of the All India Muslim Personal Law Board Kamal Farooqui says a compromise is possible even after the verdict is out.
"We may negotiate a compromise even after the Supreme Court order," said Farooqi.
The Supreme Court had dismissed on Tuesday a petition filed by former bureaucrat R C Tripathi in the apex court seeking deferment of the Ayodhya verdict. After the unanimous decision by the three judge bench, led by the CJI, the Allahabad High Court is set to deliver its judgement on the 60-year-old Ram Janambhoomi-Babri masjid dispute on Thursday at 3:30 pm.
The Sunni Waqf Board and Hindu Mahasabha have welcomed the apex court decision, asking for an immediate verdict, saying no out-of-court settlement is possible now after parties failed to come to any reconciliation in 60 years.
"It just took two hours for the SC to decide the fate of the deferment petition. But the turning point came when the Attorney General of India said 'the government welcomed any out-of-court settlement and it wanted the uncertainty around the verdict to be cleared."
On the bench, it was Justice Aftab Alam who took the strongest position against the petitioner seeking postponement of the verdict. He said, "You are running against time because you woke up late. That is after 50 years. The question is why you were quiet for all these days. You had to strike chord when the matter was in the High Court."
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