Legally speaking, the Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid dispute was essentially just a property dispute. To many Indians, however, the case was central to their religious and social identity. Skewed media and political narratives tend to depict the dispute as one between two communities - the ‘Hindu paksha’ and ‘Muslim paksha’ when referring to the dispute. But the legal battle for Ram Janmabhoomi was not a two-way fight but a three-way dispute.