High Court verdict to be delivered on Sept 30

The Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court will pronounce the verdict on the 60-year old Ayodhya title suits on Thursday.

The Officer on Special Duty in the High Court, Hari Shankar Dubey, said the three-judge special bench comprising Justice S U Khan, Sudhir Agarwal and D V Sharma would pronounce the verdict at 3.30 pm.

The announcement came shortly after the Supreme Court rejected a special leave petition moved by Ramesh Chandra Tripathi, a former bureaucrat, seeking deferment of verdict.

Tripathi had made the plea that another chance should be given for reaching a settlement on the issue through reconciliation and had also sought postponement apprehending a law and order problem.

Tripathi had approached the apex court after the special bench in the High Court had rejected his similar plea on September 17 by a two-one majority and imposed a cost of Rs 50,000 on him.