The letter, which was sent on February 15, said a graveyard exists around the demolished Babri Masjid and that Muslims, who lost their lives in the 1885 riots in Ayodhya, were buried there.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi had on Wednesday announced in the Lok Sabha the decision of the Union Cabinet to constitute a trust to build a temple of Lord Ram at Ayodhya.
The Prime Minister said the trust will have 'autonomy' and will be able to take decisions on Ram temple and other related issues 'freely'.
The Supreme Court had granted the ownership of the 2.77 acres of disputed land in Ayodhya to the Hindus for the construction of a temple and ruled that the Muslims will get 5 acres of land at an alternative site.
The five-phase elections to the 81-member Jharkhand Assembly began on November 30 and will end on December 20. Counting of votes will take place on December 23.
The landmark Kesavanand Bharti case in 1973, which lasted for 68 days, is the longest in terms of number of days of hearing.
The PM said the SC order reaffirms the independence, transparency and farsightedness of Indian judiciary and clearly illustrates that everyone is equal before the law.
The Supreme Court has asked the Centre to set up the board of trustees within three months after which the disputed land will be handed over to the trust.
A five-judge bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi and comprising Chief Justice-designate Justice SA Bobde, Justice Ashok Bhushan, Justice DY Chandrachud and Justice SA Nazeer, had reserved the judgement on October 16, after a 40-day marathon hearing on the matter, which began on August 6.
A five-judge bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi had reserved the judgement on October 16, after 40 days of daily hearing on the matter, which began on August 6.
