The Top Court is set to begin the hearing in the Ayodhya Title Dispute Case from February 26. ‘Supreme Court to hear the case on February 26, as Justice SA Bobde who is a part of five-judge Constitution bench, returned from leave’ reported news agency ANI.
Ayodhya case: Supreme Court to hear the case on February 26, as Justice SA Bobde who is a part of five-judge Constitution bench, returned from leave. pic.twitter.com/AjrsQq5n6w
— ANI (@ANI) February 20, 2019
Earlier the hearing was slated for January 29 but was deferred by the Top Court due to unavailing of one of the judges, Justice S.A. Bobde. ‘Justice S A Bobde will not be available on January 29 due to which sitting of the Constitution bench headed by Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi stands canceled’, as per a notice issued by the Supreme Court registry.
READ: Supreme Court defers hearing in Ayodhya Title Dispute Case, cities ‘unavailability of Justice Bobde’
Bhartiya Janta Party on its part has been pressing with a demand of early hearing in the case. Union Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad earlier said, ‘People of the country expect Ram Temple to be constructed in Ayodhya. As a citizen, I would like to say that this issue has been pending for the last 70 years, it should be solved as soon as possible‘.
Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi had on Jan 25 reconstituted the 5 Judge Bench and inducted lone Muslim Judge S Abdul Nazir. The new Bench was necessitated after Justice U U Lalit recused from the case on January 10. This was followed by Justice N V Ramana withdrawing citing personal reasons. Judge UU Lalit on January 10 left the case saying ‘He was a lawyer in the case earlier’. Following which the court adjourned matter and deferred next hearing date to January 29.
CJI Ranjan Gogoi earlier on January 8 appointed 5 judges constitutional bench to take up the hearing on the case. Five-judge bench led by Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi includes – Justice SA Bobde, Justice NV Ramana, Justice UU Lalit and Justice DY Chandrachud.
READ: CJI Ranjan Gogoi to head 5 judge bench to take up Ayodhya title dispute case from Jan 10
On December 24, Supreme court has decided to hear Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid dispute case on January 4
The Ayodhya Dispute title case deals with who owns the controversial land where Babri Masjid once stood and where Lord Ram Believed to have been born.
The Allahabad High Court in 2010 verdict had divided the land between three petitioners — two favored building a Ram Mandir at the Ayodhya site while the third wanted the Babri Masjid rebuilt.
All the petitioners appealed against the Allahabad High Court verdict. The Supreme Court will now begin hearing those appeals.
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