The SC will now take up the matter for further hearing on December 5, a day before the 25th anniversary of the demolition of Babri Masjid on the banks of river Saryu in Ayodhya.
The Shia Waqf Board further said that a mosque should be constructed in a nearby Muslim-majority area which should be a little away from the dispute land.
The Allahabad High Court had in 2010 directed that the Ayodhya site, where the Babri Masjid once stood, be split between Nirmohi Akhara, the Waqf Board and the Ramlala, who were all claimants.
Daily hearings at a special CBI court in Lucknow on a case relating to the 1992 demolition of the mosque has put the focus on the temple -- on the back burner for several years -- and party leaders are elated.
The Supreme Court had on April 19 ordered prosecution of Advani (89), Joshi (83), 58-year-old Bharti, and other accused for criminal conspiracy in the politically sensitive case.
The BJP leaders had moved court seeking exemption from personally appearing in court for the hearing of their role in the conspiracy to raze the Islamic structure on December 6, 1992.
Amid tight security in the ICMRT building in Indiranagar, former MP Ram Vilas Vedanti, VHP leaders Champat Rai, Baikunth Lal Sharma, Mahant Nritya Gopal Das and Dharmdas Maharaj reached there to surrender.
Senior BJP leader Subramanian Swamy today said that it has been proven that a temple exists below the Babri Masjid structure.
The saffron sanyasin went on to say: "Why should Modi ji conspire? ..God willing Advani should live for 125 years, but let me tell you, there is no conspiracy about preventing him from becoming President. "
Vedanti is one of the 13 people accused by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) of conspiring to bring down the 16th century mosque at Ayodhya near here on December 6, 1992.
Union minister Uma Bharti has ruled out any conspiracy in the demolition of the Babri Masjid and that there was no question of her stepping down from her position in the central government.
The Supreme Court’s decision to revive criminal conspiracy charges against octogenarian BJP leader LK Advani in the Babri mosque demolition case has come as a huge blow for him and the BJP-led government.
The Supreme Court today revived the conspiracy charge in Babri Masjid demolition case against senior BJP leaders LK Advani, Murli Manohar Joshi, Rajasthan Governor Kalyan Singh, Union Minister Uma Bharti, among others.
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