LUCKNOW: Several Hindu and Muslim groups in the court battle for a religious site in northern India said Thursday they would appeal against a court verdict dividing the disputed plot.
The High Court in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh said the site of a 16th century mosque would be divided into three parts, with one third for Muslims and two thirds for Hindus.
"The court has respected the Hindu belief, but we will take the matter to the Supreme Court as the fight still remains," Nritya Gopaldas Maharaj, president of the Hindu Ram Janam Bhoomi trust, told reporters in Ayodhya.
"We will try and claim the portion of land that has been allotted to the Muslims. I appeal to the Muslims to peacefully accept the verdict."
Zafaryab Jilani, the lawyer for the Muslim group Babri Masjid Action Committee, also said he would appeal the decision in the Supreme Court.
"We can hold talks (with Hindus) if any proposals come to us. The court has accepted there was a mosque, but we are not accepting this one-third formula and we are going to the Supreme Court," he told reporters.
The High Court in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh said the site of a 16th century mosque would be divided into three parts, with one third for Muslims and two thirds for Hindus.
"The court has respected the Hindu belief, but we will take the matter to the Supreme Court as the fight still remains," Nritya Gopaldas Maharaj, president of the Hindu Ram Janam Bhoomi trust, told reporters in Ayodhya.
"We will try and claim the portion of land that has been allotted to the Muslims. I appeal to the Muslims to peacefully accept the verdict."
Zafaryab Jilani, the lawyer for the Muslim group Babri Masjid Action Committee, also said he would appeal the decision in the Supreme Court.
"We can hold talks (with Hindus) if any proposals come to us. The court has accepted there was a mosque, but we are not accepting this one-third formula and we are going to the Supreme Court," he told reporters.
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