The verdict could add to the security worries of the government, which already has its hands full dealing with the preparations for the Commonwealth Games that are bedeviled by concerns over filthy accommodation, health and security.
A trader waits for customers as he sells photos of Hindu Gods in the Indian town of Ayodhya September 22, 2010. A court will rule this Thursday whether Hindus or Muslims own land around a demolished mosque in Ayodhya, a judgement haunted by memories of a 1992 riot.
“The verdict will be announced on 30th (September) at 3.30pm,” said Subodh Sahay, registrar of the court in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh.
Earlier in NEW DELHI, the Supreme Court cleared the way for the lower court to decide on the ownership of a religious site where the razing of a mosque in 1992 sparked rioting between Hindus and Muslims that killed some 2,000 people.
A verdict on its ownership was to have come on September 24 from a lower court in Uttar Pradesh state, but the top court suspended that imminent verdict last week, responding to arguments that a chance should be given to reconciliation in the 60-year-old case.
“The petition stands dismissed,” India’s Chief Justice S.H. Kapadia said, referring to the appeal to seek deferment of any verdict on the ownership issue.
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