On January 8, the Supreme Court set up a five-judge constitution bench to hear the land dispute case, comprising Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi and Justices S.A. Bobde, N.V. Ramana, D.Y. Chandrachud and U.U. Lalit.
The first mediation bid failed to find an amicable resolution leading to the commencement of day-to-day hearing from August 6.
The court had said that if the parties desire to settle the dispute through the SC appointed mediation panel, then they were free to do so. Singh was addressing a press conference at party headquarters in New Delhi.
The Supreme Court will conclude the daily hearings in the politically sensitive Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid land dispute case on Wednesday by 5 PM. Parasaran was interrupted by senior advocate Rajeev Dhavan, who represents the Muslim side, after he contended Emperor Babar committed wrong by building a mosque on a site considered sacred by Hindus. "You should wait for it".
Dhavan said the map could not be relied upon as all case material was from 1950 to 1961, invoking the doctrine of "Post Motim Utin" (barring the use of material beyond the case documents).
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Dhavan had created a flutter in the packed courtroom on Wednesday when he tore the pictorial map provided by senior lawyer Vikas Singh, representing AIHM.
The Supreme Court witnessed high drama during the hearing when an advocate tore apart a map purportedly marking Lord Ram's birthplace. The map reportedly shows the spot where the Hindu deity Ram is believed to have been born.
Fourteen appeals have been filed before the Supreme Court against the 2010 Allahabad High Court verdict which had ordered an equal division of the disputed land among the three parties- the Sunni Waqf Board, the Nirmohi Akhara and Ram Lalla. They interpreted the archaeological findings at the disputed site as that of an idgah.
Constructing a Ram temple at the disputed site in Ayodhya was part of the BJP's election manifesto for the 2019 as well as the 2014 General Election.
Singh said the plea of Muslim parties that grants were given by a Board in 1860 during the British regime to Babri mosque for its upkeep was untenable as the Board was dissolved by the Government of India Act two years before in 1858. "Dhavan did this on the instructions of Pakistani terrorists so that the case does not conclude", Vedanti said, and further alleged that Dhavan is afraid that the funding from the terrorists will stop if the case concludes.
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