Prayed to God for a solution to Ayodhya dispute, says CJI DY Chandrachud
Pune, Oct 20: Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud on Sunday said he had prayed to God for a solution to the Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid dispute and asserted God will find a way if one has faith.
He was addressing residents of his native Kanhersar village in Khed taluka where he was felicitated.
"Very often we have cases (to adjudicate) but we don't arrive at a solution. Something similar happened during the Ayodhya (Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid dispute) which was in front of me for three months. I sat before the deity and told him he needs to find a solution," he said.
Asserting that he prays regularly, the CJI said, "Believe me, if you have faith, God will always find a way."
On November 9, 2019, a five-judge bench of the Supreme Court headed by then Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi settled a fractious issue that went back more than a century by paving the way for the construction of the Ram temple in Ayodhya.
The bench also ruled that a mosque will come up on an alternative five-acre plot in Ayodhya itself.
CJI Chandrachud was part of the bench that delivered the historic verdict.
Incidentally, the CJI had visited the Ram Temple in Ayodhya in July this year and offered prayers.
The idol consecration of the temple was held on January 22 this year in the presence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
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Five crushed to death after truck ploughs into tent in Kerala
Thrissur (Kerala) (PTI): At least five people, including two children, were killed and as many persons injured when a truck ploughed into the roadside tent where they were sleeping in this central Kerala district early on Tuesday, police said.
The victims, nomads living in tents set up along the highway, were struck by the truck on a national highway in Nattika, under the Valapad police station limits, at 4.30 am, they said.
The injured have been admitted to Thrissur Government Medical College Hospital, with the condition of two individuals reported as serious, police said.
Among the deceased are two children, aged one-and-a-half and four years. Two women were also killed.
The driver and cleaner of the vehicle have been taken into custody, police added.
