On November 9, 2019, a five-judge bench of the Supreme Court headed by then Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi settled a fractious issue that went back more than a century by paving the way for the construction of the Ram temple in Ayodhya.
The murder of Kamlesh Tiwari, the upcoming festival season, intelligence inputs of terror threats and the impending Supreme Court verdict on the Ayodhya dispute has made the situation rather vulnerable.
Will the 70-year-old Ayodhya title dispute come to an end on Wednesday? Will the Supreme Court pronounce its final judgement in the contentious Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid case? The fate will be unveiled on Wednesday when Hindu and Muslim sides wrap up their final submissions before the five-judge bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi. The other four in the panel are SA Bobde, Ashok Bhushan, DY Chandrachud and SA Nazeer.
The Hindu parties on Tuesday rebutted the Muslim side's contention that they never made claim on the title of the disputed land in Ayodhya between 1885 to 1989, by citing the observations of a judge who visited the disputed site on March 17, 1886.
They told the top court there was no change in their stand of there being no evidence to suggest that the 2.77 acre of the disputed land was the birthplace of Lord Ram.
The Supreme Court Tuesday asked the counsels for both Hindu and Muslim parties in the Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid land dispute case to inform it about the tentative "time schedule" for concluding their arguments.
Rajsamand MP and former princess of Jaipur Diya Kumari said on Sunday (August 11) said that erstwhile royal family of Jaipur has descended from Lord Ram's son Kush "I'm saying this on basis of manuscripts & documents we have. I said this after SC (during Ayodhya case) asked if there are any descendants of Lord Ram?" she said. She was quoted by news agency ANI.
A five-judge Constitution bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi will conduct the hearing. The bench, also comprising Justices S A Bobde, DY Chandrachud, Ashok Bhushan and S A Nazeer had on August 2 taken note of the report of the three-member mediation panel, headed by former apex court judge FMI Kalifulla, that the mediation proceedings which went on for about four months have not resulted in any final settlement.
The three-member mediation panel constituted to find amicable solution to Ram Mandir-Babri Masjid dispute is due to submit its report in Supreme Court today. One of the main litigants, Iqbal Ansari said that more time should be granted to mediation panel for n effective solutiuon. But Ram Janmabhoomi Nyas is against further delay.
The plea says that the mediation into Ayodhya dispute has not made "much progress". It also urges the Supreme Court to start hearing pleas against Allahabad High Court verdict in connection to Ram Mandir-Babri Masjid dispute in Ayodhya.
Will Ayodhya hearing have a bearing on Lok Sabha Elections? The mediation panel set up by the Supreme Court to explore ways to solve Ram Mandir-Babri Masjid issue has sent its interim report. Supreme Court will now examine the interim report and decide future course of action.
The bench said "utmost confidentiality" should be maintained in the mediation proceedings to ensure its success.
The Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid Ayodhya title dispute case will be settled through mediation, the Supreme Court said on Friday, while constituting a three-member panel. The panel, to be headed by Retired Justice FM Kallifulla, will have Sri Sri Ravi Shankar and Sriram Panchu on the panel.
The Supreme Court of India’s Constitution Bench on Friday referred the Ayodhya title dispute to mediation. The Ayodhya mediation will be held in Faizabad and Sri Sri Ravishankar and senior advocate Sri Ram Panchu will be in the panel headed by Justice Ibrahim, Khalifullah.
Fourteen appeals have been filed in the apex court against the 2010 Allahabad High Court judgment, delivered in four civil suits, that the 2.77-acre land in Ayodhya be partitioned equally among the three parties -- the Sunni Waqf Board, the Nirmohi Akhara and Ram Lalla.
A petition was filed in the apex court today, contending that the Parliament has no legislative competence to acquire land belonging to the state.
Some Muslim families had left the pilgrim town for good after the large-scale violence that had erupted here post the demolition of the 16th-century Babri Mosque 26 years ago on December 6, and now many others have temporarily left their homes, say local residents.
Earlier on October 29, the top court directed the listing of the Ram Janmabhoomi title suit matter for an appropriate bench that will fix the dates in January 2019 for the hearing of a batch of petitions challenging the Allahabad High Court verdict trifurcating the disputed site.
Why don't they bring it (ordinance on Ram temple)? Let them do it. Every time they are threatening that they will bring an ordinance. Every Tom, Dick & Harry of BJP, RSS, VHP says this. Do it. You are in power. I challenge you to do it. Let us see: Asaduddin Owaisi, AIMIM
Justice S Abdul Nazeer, the third judge on the bench, disagreed with the two judges and said whether mosque is integral to Islam has to be decided considering belief of religion and it requires detailed consideration.
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