New Delhi: The Supreme Court Tuesday set up a five-judge Constitution bench to hear the Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid land title dispute case.
The bench will be headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi and also comprise of Justices S A Bobde, NV Ramana, UU Lalit and DY Chandrachud.The Constitution bench is scheduled to hear the matter January 10.
“Take notice that the following matters (petitions in the Ayodhya land dispute) will be listed Thursday the 10th January, 2019 at 10.30 am in Chief Justice’s court before the Constitution bench comprising the Chief Justice, SA Bobde, NV Ramana, Uday Umesh Lalit and DY Chandrchud, JJ,” said a notice, which was uploaded on the apex court website.
On January 4, the top court had said that further orders in the matter would be passed January 10 by “the appropriate bench, as may be constituted”.
As many as 14 appeals have been filed in the apex court against the 2010 Allahabad High Court judgement, delivered in four civil suits, that the 2.77-acre land be partitioned equally among the three parties — the Sunni Waqf Board, the Nirmohi Akhara and Ram Lalla. The apex court October 29 last year had fixed the matter in the first week of January before the “appropriate bench”.
Later, a plea was moved for according an urgent hearing by advancing the date, but the top court had refused the plea, saying it had already passed an order October 29 relating to the hearing of the matter. The plea for early hearing was moved by the Akhil Bharat Hindu Mahasabha which is one of the respondents in the appeal.
5-judge bench to hear Ayodhya land dispute
