Five judge bench rules by 3:2 majority, Justices Chandrachud and Nariman dissent
At present, the apex court is on Diwali break and will re-open on November 4
In the recent Lok Sabha polls, post-Sabarimala agitation, the Left front had suffered a massive drubbing, losing 19 out of the total of 20 seats
On top of the list is the Ayodhya dispute, in which Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi is trying to expedite a judicial verdict through day-to-day hearing by a five-judge Constitution Bench headed by him
The apex court said, however, that there will be no stay on the September 28 verdict which allowed entry of women in the shrine