SC to decide on early hearing of Ayodhya site
21 July 2017 7:52 PM IST
The Supreme Court on Friday said it will decide on a plea for an early hearing of appeals challenging the Allahabad High Court order directing the splitting of the disputed site at Ayodhya in Uttar Pradesh.
"We will take a decision on it," said a bench of Chief Justice Jagdish Singh Khehar and Justice D.Y. Chandrachud as BJP Rajya Sabha member Subramanian Swamy sought early hearing of the matter pending before the court for seven years.
The Allahabad High Court had in 2010 directed that the Ayodhya site, where the Babri Masjid once stood, be split between Nirmohi Akhara, Waqf Board and the Ramlala.
In February 2013, the Supreme Court reiterated to maintain a status quo on the 67.703-acre disputed property put in 2011 by the apex court on the "strange" judgment passed by the Allahabad High Court in 2010.
Dividing the 67.703-acre disputed land into three parts among the Hindus, the Muslims and the Nirmohi Akhara, an organised group of sadhus, the Allahabad High Court's judgment was overruled by the Supreme Court in 2011.
Following the direction to maintain a status quo in 2011, the Supreme Court further directed that the disputed land shall not observe any religious activities except "pujas" at the makeshift Ram Lala temple.
Restoring the case, the apex court directed the Lucknow bench to hear the case on an everyday basis and asked , the CBI to bring in witnesses everyday for a speedy trial.
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