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SC reserves Ayodhya verdict after 40-day marathon hearing
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- The Constitution Bench, led by Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi, on Wednesday reserved its judgment, after a marathon 40-day hearing, on the cross-appeals filed by the Hindu and Muslim sides challenging the three-way partition of the disputed 2.77 acres of Ramjanmabhoomi-Babri Masjid land among Ram Lalla, the Nirmohi Akhara and the Sunni Waqf Board in September 2010.
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- Second to the longest heard case in the Supreme Court — the historic Kesavananda Bharati case.
- The testimonies in the appeals alone run into 54 volumes consisting of 13,426 pages which have been translated into English and filed by the Uttar Pradesh government.
- Ayodhya Act of 1993- centre under the Act is holding the acquired land, including the disputed site, as a non-partisan, statutory receiver.
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The Hindu