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New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday stayed a controversial order by the Allahabad High Court ordering the division of disputed land where the razed Babri Masjid once stood.

The two-judge bench of Justices Aftab Alam and R.S. Lodha criticised the Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court, terming the verdict strange since none of the parties involved had prayed for the partition.

"This is strange and surprising. Nobody has prayed for partition of the disputed land. The partition of disputed land has opened a litany of litigation," said the court on the September 30, 2010, verdict of the High Court.

A three-judge bench of the High Court had passed three separate judgments with the majority verdict holding that the area covered by the central dome of the three-domed structure, where the statue of Hindu deity Rama is situated, belongs to Hindus.

While Justice S.U. Khan and Justice Sudhir Agarwal were of the view that the entire disputed land should be divided into three parts — one part each to the Sunni Waqf Board, Nirmohi Akhara and political parties, Justice Dharam Veer Sharma had held that the entire disputed area belongs to Hindus.

"It is a rare judgement whose operation has to be stayed," the Supreme Court bench said, adding that by directing the partition of the disputed site, the High Court gave an entirely new dimension to the case.

The Supreme Court also observed that the status quo as ordered by the Constitutional Bench of the apex court by its verdict on January 7, 1993, will remain in force.

This means, worship of the statue placed in a makeshift temple will continue until the apex court delivers its verdict.

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