A day after the Sunni Central Waqf Board decided not to file a review petition against the Supreme Court verdict in the Ayodhya case, the All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) said on Wednesday it will file a review petition before December 9.
“The board is firm on its decision to file a review petition in the Supreme Court and we have time till December 9 for doing so,” AIMPLB secretary Zafaryab Jilani told PTI.
Stressing that the decision of the Sunni Central Waqf Board, one of the main litigants, will have no effect on the AIMPLB decision, Jilani said the board has already taken a final decision in this regard in its meeting here on November 17.
“Exercising our constitutional right, we are going to file a review petition in the Babri Masjid case during the first week of December. Sunni Waqf Board’s decision not to pursue the case won’t legally affect us,” Jilani was quoted as saying in a tweet by the AIMPLB.
“The date for filing the review petition cannot be announced as of now as it is yet to be decided on whose behalf it will be filed,” Jilani said, while alleging that prospective Muslim parties, who can file the review petition in the SC, are being harassed by the Ayodhya police.