Prayed to God for a solution to Ayodhya case: CJI DY Chandrachud

Chief Justice of India (CJI) DY Chandrachud said on Sunday that he had prayed to God to find a solution to the Ram Mandir-Babri Masjid dispute which was decided by the Supreme Court in 2019.

CJI Chandrachud was part of the Bench led by then CJI Ranjan Gogoi which decided the case in favour of Hindu parties after hearing the matter for over three months.

According to a PTI report, CJI Chandrachud said that the Ayodhya dispute was one in which it was difficult to arrive at a solution.

Hence, he sat before the deity seeking a solution.

"Very often we have cases (to adjudicate) but we don’t arrive at a solution. Something similar happened during the Ayodhya (Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid dispute) which was in front of me for three months. I sat before the deity and told him he needs to find a solution,” he reportedly said.

He was was speaking to the residents of his native Kanhersar village in Maharashtra's Khed taluka where he was felicitated.

In his address, the CJI further said that he prays regularly.

"Believe me, if you have faith, God will always find a way," he added.

The Supreme Court had on November 9, 2019 decided the Ayodhya case thereby settling the century-old dispute over the contested land in Ayodhya in favour of Hindu parties.

The Bench which decided the case included then CJI Ranjan Gogoi, incumbent CJI DY Chandrachud and Justices SA Bobde, Ashok Bhushan and S Abdul Nazeer.