Almighty as Litigant : Ram Janmabhoomi Case and the Concept of juristic personhood of temple deities in India

Faith and political machination surrounding Ram Janmabhoomi / Babri Masjid issue triggered probably the biggest mass movement in Post-Colonial India, leading to a massive upheaval contemporary society politics, that had been analysed detail. But jurisprudence involved case, which was finally settled by Apex Court attracted little scholarly attention so far. In this essay I would analyse how doctrine of ‘juristic personhood’ came be imposed on temple deities, as well philosophical foundation contestations about interesting, but understood, seldom phenomena.