Overview
- Justices Vikram Nath and Sandeep Mehta declined to entertain the plea, after which the petitioner’s counsel sought withdrawal and the court dismissed it as withdrawn.
- The petition by Devki Nandan Pandey asked the Centre and states to prohibit the construction, establishment, or naming of any mosque or religious structure after Babur or using the term Babri Masjid across India.
- The petitioner’s lawyer labeled Babur an invader and urged action against suspended TMC legislator Humayun Kabir, who announced a Babri Masjid replica in Murshidabad.
- Humayun Kabir, now leading the Jan Unnayan Party, says building a mosque is a constitutional right; the TMC has distanced itself and suspended him following his announcement.
- The 2019 Ayodhya verdict remains a key reference point, condemning the 1992 demolition and directing the allotment of five acres in Ayodhya for a mosque.