The Allahabad High Court is to decide on a case about title to a temple which has been running for nearly six decades. The High Court here has been turned into a virtually impregnable fortress and only the parties to the legal dispute and their lawyers will be allowed entry to Court Number 21 where the three judges will pronounce their verdict.

The last information officially available is that the Court website which published the judgment has crashed. However, having reached one of the number on trending topics on twitter, it now appears that they controvertial case has been decided in favour of the Hindu side of the arguments about the land. In anticipation of the verdict, the nation has been put on high alert. The security situation in India was already tense with the upcoming commonwealth games, but no matter which side ‘wins’ this particular engagement, there is bound to be tension. The Central government’s Cabinet Committee on Security will meet at 5 pm in New Delhi to review the situation in the country after the court verdict.

The Bharatiya Janta Party will hold a meeting of its senior leaders in Delhi at 6 pm, but most political parties are expected to give their reactions after studying the court judgment. Uttar Pradesh has turned into a fortress with thousands of paramilitary personnel patrolling the streets. The intelligence network is on high alert throughout the state to monitor movement and activities of anti-social elements. Aerial surveys of “sensitive places”, including the Ram Janmbhoomi complex in Ayodhya has been done, police sources said.

All the security personnel deployed in Ayodhya and Faizabad have been equipped with tear gas shells and rubber bullets and the gazetted officers of various government departments have been asked to assist in policing. They have also been provided with rubber bullets and tear gas shells. On Tuesday, the Supreme Court paved the way for the Ayodhya verdict to be delivered by the Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court.