The constitutional bench of the Supreme Court in India has dismissed all 18 reconsideration petitions filed in the Babri Masjid-Ayodhya case.

A constitutional bench of five judges heard all the petitions in the closed chamber and dismissed them. That is, the decision of the Babri Masjid-Ayodhya case will not be reviewed.

According to the BBC, 18 petitions were filed demanding the Supreme Court to reconsider the 9 November 2019 decision on the Babri Masjid-Ram Janmabhoomi decision. Of these, 9 petitions were from the party, while 9 other petitions were filed by other petitioners. The merit of all these petitions was considered on Thursday.

According to the Supreme Court website, the constitutional bench considered a total of 18 reconsideration petitions in the closed chamber. The reconsideration petition was first filed in the case on 2 December by Maulana Syed Ashhad Rashidi, the legal heir of the original plaintiff M Siddiqui.

Thereafter, on 6 December, Maulana Mufti Hasbullah, Mohammad Umar, Maulana Mahfuzurrahman, Haji Mahboob and Missbahuddin filed six petitions. All these reconsideration petitions were supported by the All India Muslim Personal Law Board.

Thereafter, two more reconsideration petitions were filed on 9 December. One of these petitions was of the Akhil Bharat Hindu Mahasabha, while the second petition was jointly filed by more than 40 people.

Historian Irfan Habib, economist and political analyst Prabhat Patnaik, human rights activists Harsh Mander, Nandini Sundar and John Dayal were among those who filed the joint petition.

The Hindu Mahasabha had filed a review petition in the court questioning the order to allot 5 acres of land for construction of the mosque to the Uttar Pradesh Sunni Waqf Board.

At the same time, the Hindu Mahasabha requested the decision to remove the part in which the Babri Masjid structure has been declared a mosque.

But the Supreme Court on Thursday made it clear that on the basis of any of these arguments, it will not review its decision.

The Ayodhya case was decided by a bench headed by the then Chief Justice of the Supreme Court Ranjan Gogoi, which had a total of five judges. This decision was unanimously pronounced by all the judges.

Justice Gogoi has now retired. He has been replaced by Justice SA Bobde.

The five-judge bench has also given a one-time decision on the petitions for reconsideration.

There are four judges, including Chief Justice Bobde, who gave the verdict on November 9. While Justice Sanjeev Khanna was included as the fifth judge.

This decision was sought to be reconsidered by the All India Muslim Personal Law Board, Hindu Mahasabha, Nirmohi Akhara and many activists. He said that there are many mistakes in this decision.

In its November 9 verdict, a bench of five judges ordered the land of Babri Masjid to be given to build a Ram temple. At the same time, the Supreme Court ordered to build a trust for the construction of the temple within three months and to give five acres of land somewhere else in Ayodhya to the Muslim side.

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