Just a day ahead of the 25th anniversary of the Babri Masjid demolition in Ayodhya on December 1992, the Supreme Court of India is set to begin final hearing in the politically controversial Babri Masjid-Ram temple dispute case. The Sunni board also challenged the judgment, saying the verdict was based on faith rather than documentary evidence. Tuesday’s hearing comes in the backdrop of a failed suggestion by the SC in March this year, when it had suggested an out-of-court settlement. Since September 2010, over 20 appeals and cross-appeals have been filed in the SC without making any significant headway. It had said it would not allow the matter to take any shape other than the civil appeals and would adopt the same procedure as was done by the high court.

Source: Hindustan Times December 04, 2017 16:41 UTC