From the archive record
Is that Murli Manohar Joshi? He seems to be speaking of the Babri Masjid issue. Can you interpret what he is saying? He is offered mithai or Indian sweets, so some positive verdict from his perspective seems to have come in. He seems to offer the sweets first to his lawyer. Note that everyone is wearing masks! The final judgement in the Ayodhya dispute was declared by the Supreme Court of India on 9 November 2019. The Supreme Court ordered the disputed land (2.77 acres) to be handed over to a trust (to be created by the government of India) to build the Ram Janmabhoomi (revered as the birthplace of Hindu deity, Rama) temple. The court also ordered the government to give an alternative 5 acres of land in another place to the Uttar Pradesh Sunni Central Waqf Board for the purpose of building