CJI Ranjan Gogoi said an 'appropriate bench' will decide in January 2019 the future course of hearing on the appeals filed against the Allahabad High Court verdict in the Ayodhya land dispute case
A three-judge bench, headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi, said an "appropriate bench" will decide in January next year the future course of hearing on the appeals filed against the Allahabad HC
Earlier, a three-judge bench refused to refer to a five-judge constitution bench the issue of reconsideration of the observations in its 1994 judgement that a mosque was not integral to Islam
SC said now the civil suit on land dispute will be heard by a newly constituted three-judge Bench from October 29 as Justice Misra will retire on October 2 as the CJI
Hindu groups have said the medieval-era mosque at the disputed site was built over the ruins of a temple that marked the birthplace of their god, Lord Ram
We have to find the context in which 5 judges delivered 1994 verdict in Ismail Farooqi case that mosque is not integral to Islam, the court said
Justice Bhushan observed that nobody was questioning that mosque is essential to Islam but the question is whether offering namaz in a mosque was essential
The apex court also rejected the plea of BJP leader Subramanian Swamy seeking to intervene in the ongoing matter
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The Shia Waqf Board contended that the Sunni Waqf Board has no stake in the case since the mosque was a Shia property.
SC had on April 19 directed the special court to start proceedings in the matter within a month