“What about the fundamental act of desecration, the very erection of the mosque?” retorted India's former Chief Justice DY Chandrachud, when asked whether the desecration of the Babri Masjid mosque in 1949 by Hindu groups wouldn't have gone against the community's claims over the site.

"We forget all that happened? We forget that happened in history. Now, once you accept that that happened in history and we had evidence in the form of archaeological evidence, how can you shut your eyes? So you know what, what is really being done by many of these commentators that you have referred to is that you have a selective view of history," said Chandrachud, who was part of the five-member Supreme Court bench headed by Ranjan Gogoi which delivered the Ayodhya judgment, in an interview with Sreeniva

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