Justice Gogoi's deadline is a big step forward
There is no deadline for the mediation panel, the apex court said
The bench said the day-to-day proceedings in the land dispute case have reached "an advanced stage" and will continue
The current trend of hearing high profile cases end to end should be carried forward
The investigative agency moved the court weeks after the 87-year-old leader quit the governorship, a constitutional post which offered him immunity from the trial
A five-judge constitution bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi told senior advocate Kapil Sibal, representing Dhavan, that the contempt plea would be taken up
The submissions were made during the eighth day hearing in the case before a bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi
So far, the Ayodhya land title dispute case has been heard for seven days
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
At the outset, Vaidyanathan said he would first deal with documentary evidence and then come to oral evidence in the case followed by evidences of Archeological Surveys there
On the fourth day of the hearing, Parasaran had responded to the apex court's query as to how the 'Janmasthanam' can be regarded as a "juristic person" having stakes as a litigant in the case
The apex court reverted to the objections raised by senior advocate Rajeev Dhavan that it will not be possible for him to take part in the proceedings 5-days a week
The apex court said that so far as Hindu deities are concerned, they have been treated as a juristic person in law which can hold properties and institute a litigation
The response came on a question by the SC, which wanted to know if the parties had any revenue records to show that the land or the disputed property belonged to them
The apex court found that Nirmohi Akhara was ill-prepared to proceed with its arguments on the issues
The Akhara has been seeking management and proprietary rights over the disputed site on various grounds
Nirmohi Akhada starts arguments, lays claim to entire dispute structure spread over 2.77 acre
The day-to-day hearing in the case commenced Tuesday after the efforts to arrive at an amicable settlement through mediation failed
The bench comprises CJI Ranjan Gogoi, Justices S A Bobde, D Y Chandrachud, Ashok Bhushan and S A Nazeer
The court, which had perused a report about the progress of mediation process till July 18, had said that its contents will remain confidential as per its earlier order