• The central government moved to the Supreme Court seeking modification of its 2003 order to allow it to return to original owners the 67.390 acres of “non-disputed” acquired land around the disputed Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid structure in Ayodhya. 
• The 0.313 acres plot, on which disputed structure stood before it was demolished by kar sevaks on December 6, 1992, was within the 2.77 acres plot.

Background:

• Supreme Court’s judgment in Dr M Ismail Faruqui and Ors Vs Union of India (October 24, 1994),  upheld the Constitutional validity of the Acquisition of Certain Areas of Ayodhya Act, 1993, under which the 67.703 acres were acquired, had also established that the “interest claimed by the Muslims was only over the disputed site of 0.313 acres where the disputed structure stood before its demolition”.
• In June 1996, the Nyas had asked the government to return the excess land, but this request was denied “on the ground that it can be considered only after the suits relating to the disputed area are adjudicated by the Hon’ble Allahabad High Court.

Allahabad High Court Judgement:

• The Allahabad High Court delivered its judgment on September 30, 2010. It divided the disputed 2.77 acres of land, including the spot where the Babri Masjid stood until December 6, 1992, and the area around it, equally among the Nirmohi Akhara, the Sunni Central Wakf Board, UP, and Ramlalla Virajman.