source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-south-asia-11441890
INDIA, September 30, 2010: A court in India has said that a disputed holy site in Ayodhya should be split between Hindus and Muslims, but both sides plan to appeal. In a majority verdict, judges gave control of the main disputed section to Hindus. The Hindus will keep the area where a small tent-shrine to Ram has been erected, lawyers said. Other parts of the site will be controlled by Muslims and a Hindu sect, Nirmohi Akhara, which was one of the early litigants in the case. The site will be divided in three equal parts.
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has appealed for calm.
The current status of the site should continue for the next three months to allow the land to be peacefully measured and divided.
“The majority ruled that the location of the makeshift temple is the birthplace of Ram, and this spot cannot be shifted,” said Ravi Shankar Prasad, a lawyer for one of the parties to the suit.
Both Hindu and Muslim lawyers say they will appeal against the ruling in the 60-year-old case to the Supreme Court, which is likely to delay a final decision still further.