QUOTE OF THE DAY

“Hinduism is an expansive religion that believes divinity in the form of the Supreme
Being is present in every aspect of creation”
-Supreme Court in
M. Siddiq (Dead) Thr. LRS. & Ors. V. Mahant Suresh Das & Ors.
(2020) 1 SCC 1 [Shri RAM JANMABHOOMI Temple Case]
The Supreme Court delivered a landmark judgment in the Ayodhya land dispute case after
years long struggle between the major religions of India. The five-judge Supreme Court
bench led by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi read out a uninanimous judgment and ruled in
favour of the Ram Janmabhoomi and said there will be Ram Mandir at the disputed site and
Muslims will be given an alternate 5 acre land for their mosque.
On 9 November 2019, the court delivered its judgment. It awarded the title to the deity, Shri
Ram Virajman and directed the State to grant the Sunni Waqf Board an alternate site at
Ayodhya for the construction of a mosque.

Parties Involved

Petitioner(s) :M.Siddiq (Deceased); Maulana Asshad Rashidi; Sunni Central Board

of Waqfs;

Respondent(s) :Mahant Suresh Das and Others; Nirmohi Akhara; Bhagwan Shri

Ram Virajman; The State of Uttar Pradesh; District Collector (Faizabad); City

Magistrate (Faizabad); Superintendent of Police (Faizabad); All India Hindu

Mahasabha; Arya Maha Praseshik Sabha; All India Sanatan Dharam Sabha

Advocate K. Parsaran was the leading counsel on behalf of the Respondents while Advocate
Dr. Rajiv Dhawan was the leading counsel on behalf of the Petitioners.

EVENT OF THE DAY

5th AUGUST, 1965
Indo-Pakistan War of 1965 began when Pakistani soldiers crossed the LOC dressed as
locals.
After the end of Sino-Indian War, Pakistani officials cited it as an opportunity to capture the
allegedly disputed region of Kashmir and send the Pakistani army in disguise of locals.
The war ended with the Indian side pushing back the Pakistani generals from the Kashmir
region by an intrusion through the boundary of Rann of Kutchh in Gujarat.
Note: Tashkent Declaration was signed between President Ayub Khan of Pakistan and
Shastri an Indian Premier to solve all the disputes bilaterally and strive to live in peace. This
agreement was signed on January 10, 1966.

FACT OF THE DAY

Before the IPC came into force in 1862, different parts of India were administered by
different laws depending on who was the ruler at that point of time. Some of these laws
were also based on religious principles.