Fourteen appeals have been filed in the apex court against the 2010 Allahabad High Court judgment
The protracted hearing in the politically sensitive Ram Janmbhoomi-Babri Masjid land dispute at Ayodhya will enter into the crucial final leg today
A 5-judge Constitution bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi, on the conclusion of 37th day of the hearing, fixed the schedule for the final leg of the lengthy arguments
Hindu and Muslim parties in Ram Janmbhoomi-Babri Masjid land dispute case asked to wrap up their arguments.
In 2017, a Bench headed by then Chief Justice of India Jagdish Singh Khehar had mooted the idea of an out-of-court settlement among the rival parties
All the accused are on bail in the case, which is being conducted on a day-to-day basis, on the directions of the apex court
Special judge Surendra Kumar Yadav, who is conducting the trial in Lucknow, was set to retire on September 30
The investigative agency moved the court weeks after the 87-year-old leader quit the governorship, a constitutional post which offered him immunity from the trial
The submissions were made during the eighth day hearing in the case before a bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi
Minutes before the commencement of the hearing, lawyers on both sides were told by the court staff that Justice S A Bobde was unavailable today
At the outset, Vaidyanathan said he would first deal with documentary evidence and then come to oral evidence in the case followed by evidences of Archeological Surveys there
The bench said that it was asking just out of curiosity
The apex court found that Nirmohi Akhara was ill-prepared to proceed with its arguments on the issues
The response came on a question by the SC, which wanted to know if the parties had any revenue records to show that the land or the disputed property belonged to them
The Akhara has been seeking management and proprietary rights over the disputed site on various grounds
Bench of Justice P S Ghosh and R F Nariman has posted the matter for further hearing on March 22
CJI volunteered to act as the mediator to resolve the case pending for over two decades
Bharatiya Janata Party leaders L K Advani, M M Joshi and Uma Bharti are among the accused
The removal of the lock practically accepted the disputed structure as a temple
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