CJI to Head Three-judge Bench on Ayodhya Plea Hearing


New Delhi: CJI to Head Three-judge Bench on Ayodhya Plea Hearing


New Delhi, Sep 26 (DHNS): Chief Justice of India S H Kapadia on Saturday decided to transfer a plea seeking deferment of the Allahabad High Court’s verdict on the 61-year-old Ayodhya title case to a three-judge bench headed by him. The court will hear the matter on Tuesday September 29. 

Justice Kapadia’s decision follows sharp differences between the two judges, Justice R V Raveendran and Justice H L Gokhale, who heard the deferment plea on September 23, when the apex court issued an interim stay on the Allahabad court’s proposed September 24 verdict.

The petition will now be heard by a three-judge bench comprising Justices Aftab Alam and K S Radhakrishnan apart from the CJI. The special hearing of the deferment plea will also be significant due to the presence of Attorney General Ghulam E Vahanvati before the Supreme Court, as it is for the first time the country’s top law officer has been asked to be present during the hearing of a case.

The hearing also gains significance in the wake of the retirement of Justice Dharam Veer Sharma, one of the members of the three-judge bench of the Allahabad High Court, on October 1. Justice D V Sharma, along with Justices S U Khan and Sudhir Agarwal, has been hearing the arguments of 26 litigants on the title suit on a day-to-day basis since January this year.

If Justice Sharma retires at the end of the month without delivering the judgment, the case will be heard by a fresh bench. There is, however, speculation that he may be given an extension if the apex court further extends the stay on the verdict on Tuesday, giving time to the parties for negotiation.

The apex court hearing may also have an intervention plea filed by the All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB), all too eager for a quick court order on the issue. Ruling out any chances of an out-of-court settlement to the title suit of 2.77 acres of land at Ayodhya, senior AIMPLB member Maulana Khalid Rasheed Firangimahali said there was no possibility of an amicable settlement. “Several attempts were made in the past to resolve the matter but all of them failed,” he added.

The Board is also against any deferment of the Ayodhya verdict. “The AIMPLB will make this clear in its application to the apex court,” Senior Board member Zafaryab Jilani said in Lucknow, hinting at the filing of the intervention petition.

The deferment plea was filed by Ramesh Chandra Tripathi, a retired UP bureaucrat, who contended that the verdict on September 24 by the Allahabad High Court would disrupt communal harmony in the wake of Assembly elections in sensitive states like Bihar.

Another reason cited by him was the Commonwealth Games to be held in New Delhi from October 3. He also suggested exploring chances of settling the matter amicably out of court.

  

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  • Jossey Saldanha, Kemmennu

    Sun, Sep 26 2010

    Our priorities are good education, food, shelter, and clothing. God is in our hearts and we do not need a religious monument to create communal disharmony. I would be happy if our courts allocate this land to the Central Government who in turn will construct a school, college, hospital and a multi religious community center with a kitchen where all the underprivileged can cook and share a meal under one roof. I am sure a lot of us would love to contribute / volunteer / work for a few days in this community center.

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  • ISMAIL K PERINJE, PERINJE/YANBU-KSA

    Sun, Sep 26 2010

    Babri Masijid a place of worship of muslims for quite some time and had a pause in the middle not at all holy place other than Mecca-Madina and Baithul Mukaddis.Now the question is Islam never accepts controversial place as place of worship and our Hindu brothers by and large thinks and wishs Ayodya -Babri Masjid site,still controversil land, birth place of Lord Rama and a GRAND RAMA TEMPLE TO BE BUILT.Considering all aspects Muslims should think broadly and allow them to do so by exchanging some packages and a Grand Masijid in other site.That would do and enhance BHAICHARA between the communities and fade away some of the misunderstandings.Therefore honorable SUPRIME COURT deliberate in that perspective and give one more chance to settle the issue amicably and OUT OF COURT SETTLEMENT.JAI HIND.

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  • Tom Cat , Mangalore/ Saudi Arabia

    Sun, Sep 26 2010

    Let the deferment be permanent so that neither party can say we won and bitter feeling for the loser, secondly this site should be converted into a cricket stadium by the next generation so all enjoy without ill feeling. To the people who wish to do many things over here I say shame on you as you achieve it like the worms that live on the dead, it is shameful achievement that man has created without God intervention there by proving God is nothing to either parties.

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  • victor, mangalore/Dubai

    Sun, Sep 26 2010

    I think they will postpone to 15.10.2010

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  • riyaz, gangolli

    Sun, Sep 26 2010

    Chief Justice of India S H Kapadia on Saturday decided to transfer a plea seeking deferment of the Allahabad High Court’s verdict on the 61-year-old Ayodhya title case to a three-judge bench headed by him. The court will hear the matter on Tuesday September 29(tuesday 28 september)

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  • anamika, Mangalore

    Sun, Sep 26 2010

    Enough is enough. please the verdict.. we are fed up of waiting for it... Don't accept any pleas to postpone the judgement.

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  • shahnawaz kukkikatte, dubai/udupi

    Sat, Sep 25 2010

    I sincerly pray to God, whatever the judgement it should be pass off peacefully without much noise and violence and normal life shall not be affected. Both Ram and Allah shall be pleased with the judgement.

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