Lucknow, April 22: The executive committee of the All-India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB), which will meet in the city over a two-day session from Saturday, will give finishing touches to five more appeals to be filed by the Board in the Supreme Court against the Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid title suit judgement delivered by the Allahabad High Court.
The AIMPLB’s acting general secretary and official spokesperson, Mr Abdul Raheem Qureshi, said here on Thursday that four appeals had already been filed in the apex court. “We will file five more appeals in the Supreme Court against the Allahabad High Court order. We are waiting for certified copies of the High Court’s judgement. Once we get the copies, we will move the Supreme Court,” he said. The executive committee will take a final decision in this regard. Stating that there are several “infirmities” in the Allahabad HC verdict, Mr Qureshi said they cannot be dealt with under one appeal. The Board, has thus, preferred to file five more appeals. The AIMPLB cannot accept the verdict as it was not based on evidence, but on faith.
The executive committee has as many as 51 members including Parliament members, and senior Muslim clergy drawn from across the country. The executive meet will conclude with a public meeting at Darussalam in the city on Sunday. Mr Qureshi demanded that the Centre make necessary changes in the Wakf Amendment Bill 2010, now referred to a select committee of the Rajya Sabha. “Section 87 of the Wakf Act puts a bar on filing new cases in a court of law with respect to the wakf properties not registered with the Wakf Board concerned. In remote areas there are many Wakf properties which are not registered with the Wakf Board. This Section should be scrapped,” he said. He alleged that the Lok Sabha had chosen Friday afternoon to pass the Wakf Amendment Bill 2010.