Chief Justice DY Chandrachud was a part of the bench that delivered the Ayodhya verdict.(FILE)
Pune:
Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud on Sunday stated he had prayed to God for an answer to the Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid dispute and asserted God will discover a method if one has religion.
He was addressing residents of his native Kanhersar village in Khed taluka the place he was felicitated.
“Very usually we’ve got circumstances (to adjudicate) however we do not arrive at an answer. Something related occurred in the course of the Ayodhya (Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid dispute) which was in entrance of me for 3 months. I sat earlier than the deity and informed him he must discover a resolution,” he stated.
Asserting that he prays recurrently, the Chief Justice stated, “Believe me, if in case you have religion, God will all the time discover a method.” On November 9, 2019, a five-judge bench of the Supreme Court headed by then Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi settled a fractious situation that went again greater than a century by paving the best way for the development of the Ram temple in Ayodhya.
The bench additionally dominated {that a} mosque will come up on another five-acre plot in Ayodhya itself.
Chief Justice DY Chandrachud was a part of the bench that delivered the historic verdict.
The Chief Justice had visited the Ram Temple in Ayodhya in July this 12 months and supplied prayers.
The idol consecration of the temple was held on January 22 this 12 months within the presence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
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