NEW DELHI: Agreeing to early hearing on a bunch of petitions relating to the dispute over ownership of 2.7 acres of Babri Masjid-Ram Janmabhoomi land , the Supreme Court has posted the case to August 11.Appeals challenging the Allahabad High Court verdict on the disputed land will be heard by a three-judge bench. The matter was mentioned before Chief Justice J S Khehar on July 21 by BJP leader Subramanian Swamy who sought early adjudication of the decades-old dispute.The CJI had assured Swamy of early listing and the case has now been posted for next week. "We are going to list the main matter soon. He has filed a separate petition seeking enforcement of his right to worship at the site.In 2010, the Lucknow bench of Allahabad HC had ruled a three-way division of the 2.77 acres at the disputed site in Ayodhya. The three-judge bench, by a 2:1 majority, had said the land be partitioned equally among three parties, 'Ram Lalla', Nirmohi Akhara and Sunni Wakf Board.

Source: Times of India August 04, 2017 23:21 UTC