Matter not only about only about property; it is about mind, heart and healing, top court observes
The bench, comprising Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi, Justices S A Bobde, D Y Chandrachud, Ashok Bhushan and S A Nazeer reserved the order on whether or not to refer the Ayodhya land dispute for mediation
The Supreme Court of India is considering whether the dispute can be settled through mediation
The suggestion for mediation was mooted by one of the judges, Justice S A Bobde, during the hearing when both Hindu, Muslim sides were sparring over the veracity of documents related to the case
The Supreme Court has begun hearing in Ram-Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid land dispute case
It will be heard by a five-judge Constitution Bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi
A bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan tagged the matter with the main petition in which a constitution bench is dealing with the main title dispute
For the time being the BJP and the RSS will have to keep the Ram Temple confined to the courts
The petition has contended that Parliament has no legislative competence to acquire land belonging to the state
The proposal could provide an honourable escape route to the SC and the government
Addressing the booth level presidents in Kanpur this afternoon, Shah claimed while the BJP was committed to the Ram temple cause, the Congress has always tried to defer the hearing of the case in SC
The Centre's application claimed that only 0.313 acre of land was disputed
It sought modification of the SC order by which the central govt was directed to maintain 'status quo' with regard to the entire land, including the non-disputed acquired plots
In a fresh plea, the Centre said it had acquired 67 acres of land around the 2.77 acre disputed Ram Janambhoomi-Babri Masjid site
The SC cancelled the January 29 hearing in the Ram Janambhoomi-Babri Masjid land title dispute case as one member of the five-judge Constitution bench would not be available
The five-judge bench was re-constituted on January 25 after Justice U U Lalit, who was a member of the original bench, recused himself from hearing the matter.
'the unnecessary delay ... is causing a crisis so far as people's patience and trust are concerned', sais UP CM Yogi Adityanath
A notice sent by the Supreme Court registry to various parties said that the Ayodhya dispute matter will be listed on Jan 29
The Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid dispute case has been pending before the apex court for last eight years
VHP international president Vishnu Sadashiv Kokje also said a solution to the Ayodhya dispute through court procedures was not in sight at the moment, given the prevailing scenario