Indian Court Rules in Favor of Hindu Temple on Disputed Land

India’s Supreme Court has ruled in favor of a Hindu temple on a disputed religious ground and ordered that alternative land be given to Muslims. 

The dispute over land ownership has been one of the country’s most contentious issues. 

The 16th-century Babri Masjid mosque was destroyed by Hindu hard-liners in December 1992.

The Supreme Court said in a judgment Saturday that 5 acres (2.02 hectares) of land will be allotted to the Muslim community in the northern Indian town of Ayodhya. 

The disputed land will be given to a board of trustees for the construction of a temple for Hindu god Ram.

A police officer gives instructions in Mumbai, Saturday, Nov. 9, 2019. ndia's security forces were on high alert ahead of the…
A police officer gives instructions in Mumbai, Nov. 9, 2019. India’s security forces were on high alert ahead of the Supreme Court’s verdict Saturday in a decades-old dispute between Muslims and Hindus over plans to build a Hindu temple.




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