RAM MANDIR ISSUE

SC to continue Ayodhya case hearings from April 6

PTI3_21_2018_000085B, Rath Ram Mandir A rath, modelled after the proposed Ram Mandir at Ayodhya, moves through Madurai | PTI

The Supreme Court, on Friday, fixed a new date for further hearings in the ongoing Babri Masjid-Ram Janmabhoomi case, with proceedings set to continue on April 6.

The Supreme Court is hearing 13 appeals filed against the 2010 judgement of the Allahabad High Court that mandated a three-way division of the disputed site in Ayodhya.

The Supreme Court earlier dismissed all 32 intervention petitions, including applications of Shyam Benegal, Aparna Sen and Teesta Setalvad, in the case.

A bench—comprising Chief Justice Dipak Misra, Justices Ashok Bhushan and Abdul Nazeer—had also directed the registry not to entertain any intervention application in the Ayodhya case.

The Supreme Court also rejected the intervention plea of BJP leader Subramanian Swamy in the dispute, a century-old point of contention between Hindus and Muslims.

The Babri Masjid, built by Mughal emperor Babur in Ayodhya in 1528, was on December 6, 1992, demolished by Hindu Karsevaks, claiming that a Ram temple that originally stood there was demolished to construct the mosque.