The Supreme Court is scheduled to pronounce the verdict on the Ayodhya land dispute in the history of India tomorrow i.e Saturday, 9 November.
The apex court is likely to pronounce judgement at 10:30 am in the morning.
Section 144 has been imposed in Ayodhya since October 14 till 10 December in anticipation of the verdict in the case.
Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has deployed around 4,000 paramilitary personnel across Uttar Pradesh. Schools and colleges are to remain closed for the next 3 days in Uttar Pradesh.
A five-judge bench of the top court, including Gogoi, Justices SA Bobde, DY Chandrachud, Ashok Bhushan and Abdul Nazeer, heard the arguments in the case for 40 days and reserved its verdict on 16 October.
Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi will retire on 17th November, the week after the judgement.
The Ayodhya dispute is a political, historical and socio-religious debate in India, centered on a plot of land in the city of Ayodhya, located in Faizabad district, Uttar Pradesh. The issues revolve around the control of a site traditionally regarded among Hindus to be the birthplace of the Hindu deity Rama the history and location of the Babri Masjid at the site, and whether a previous Hindu temple was demolished or modified to create the mosque.
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