Ayodhya Case: Supreme Court to hold day-to-day hearings, here's what it means

In a massive development a day after the submission of the status report by the three-member mediation panel in the Ayodhya title dispute case, the Supreme Court has announced day-to-day hearing in the case beginning from August 6. Announcing the order in the matter, CJI Ranjan Gogoi has said that the mediation panel has not been able to achieve any final settlement in Ayodhya title dispute. 

How will the day-to-day hearing work?

From August 6, a five-judge Constitution bench of the Supreme Court headed by CJI Ranjan Gogoi will be hearing the matter on a daily basis to reach a conclusion in the Ayodhya title suit. Apart from the CJI, the other members of the five-judge SC bench are justices SA Bobde, DY Chandrachud, Ashok Bhushan and S Abdul Nazeer. Significantly, the bench is likely to conclude the hearing before the first week of November when CJI Gogoi is slated to retire. However, if the hearing is not able to conclude on the matter till then, then a new bench is likely to be constituted afresh hear the matter. 

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Three-member mediation panel submits report

On Thursday, the three-member mediation panel, headed by former Supreme Court judge FMI Kalifulla, also comprising of senior advocate Sriram Panchu and spiritual guru Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, submitted its status report on Ayodhya dispute to the Supreme Court in a sealed cover, complying to the orders of the apex court earlier on July 11. The mediation panel was appointed by the Top Court on March 8 to explore the opportunities of mediation in an attempt to solve the Ayodhya dispute. 

Ayodhya title dispute case

A total of 14 appeals have been filed in the apex court against the 2010 Allahabad High Court judgment, delivered in four civil suits, that the 2.77-acre land in Ayodhya be partitioned equally among three parties -- the Sunni Waqf Board, the Nirmohi Akhara and Ram Lalla.

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