The Supreme Court today fixed the hearing of the Ram Mandir-Babri Masjid case on and from August 2..A short order to that effect was passed by the Constitution Bench after considering the report filed by Chairperson of the Mediation Committee, Justice FMI Kalifulla..The matter was heard by a Constitution Bench comprising Chief Justice of India, Ranjan Gogoi and Justices SA Bobde, DY Chandrachud, Ashok Bhushan and S Abdul Nazeer..The Court, after perusing the report, stated that it will not put the contents of the report on record since the mediation proceedings are confidential..It then proceeded to post the matter for hearing on August 2..“However, taking into account what has been brought to our notice by the said report, we now fix the hearing of the cases on and from 2.8.2019. The Bench will assemble again on the said date i.e. 2.8.2019 at 2.00 p.m. Office to make the cases ready for hearing.”.It also directed the Mediation Committee to inform the Court of the progress made in the mediation by July 31 so as to enable the Court to proceed further in the matter..“We request the Mediation Panel to inform the Court the outcome of the mediation proceedings as on 31.7.2019 by 1.8.2019 to enable us to proceed further in the matter in terms of the present directions.”.On the last date of hearing, the Court had directed the mediation panel set up to settle the Ram Mandir-Babri Masjid dispute to submit a report detailing the progress of the mediation by today..The Court further stated that if it concludes that the mediation should be wound up, it would order so. In that case, it would also pass an order to commence the hearing of appeals before it tentatively from July 25. The appeals shall be heard on day-to-day basis, if required, the Court further clarified. The order states,.“We also make it clear that if this Court comes to a conclusion that, having regard to the report of Justice F.M. Ibrahim Kalifulla, the mediation proceedings should be ordered to be concluded, the Court will do so and order for commencement of the hearing of the appeals before it, tentatively, on and from 25th July, 2019, which hearings, if required, will be conducted on day-to-day basis.”.Last week, one of the original plaintiffs in the Ram Mandir-Babri Masjid case had mentioned the matter, claiming that no progress has been made in the mediation ordered by the Court to settle the issue. He had, therefore, sought an early listing of the case. The case is otherwise slated to be heard after August 15..On March 8, a Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court had referred the long-standing Ram Mandir-Babri Masjid dispute for mediation. The mediation panel is being chaired by former Supreme Court judge Justice FMI Kalifulla and also comprises spiritualist Sri Sri Ravi Shankar and Senior Advocate Sriram Panchu..In May, the Court extended the deadline given to the Mediation Committee allowed it to complete the process by August 15..[Read Order]
The Supreme Court today fixed the hearing of the Ram Mandir-Babri Masjid case on and from August 2..A short order to that effect was passed by the Constitution Bench after considering the report filed by Chairperson of the Mediation Committee, Justice FMI Kalifulla..The matter was heard by a Constitution Bench comprising Chief Justice of India, Ranjan Gogoi and Justices SA Bobde, DY Chandrachud, Ashok Bhushan and S Abdul Nazeer..The Court, after perusing the report, stated that it will not put the contents of the report on record since the mediation proceedings are confidential..It then proceeded to post the matter for hearing on August 2..“However, taking into account what has been brought to our notice by the said report, we now fix the hearing of the cases on and from 2.8.2019. The Bench will assemble again on the said date i.e. 2.8.2019 at 2.00 p.m. Office to make the cases ready for hearing.”.It also directed the Mediation Committee to inform the Court of the progress made in the mediation by July 31 so as to enable the Court to proceed further in the matter..“We request the Mediation Panel to inform the Court the outcome of the mediation proceedings as on 31.7.2019 by 1.8.2019 to enable us to proceed further in the matter in terms of the present directions.”.On the last date of hearing, the Court had directed the mediation panel set up to settle the Ram Mandir-Babri Masjid dispute to submit a report detailing the progress of the mediation by today..The Court further stated that if it concludes that the mediation should be wound up, it would order so. In that case, it would also pass an order to commence the hearing of appeals before it tentatively from July 25. The appeals shall be heard on day-to-day basis, if required, the Court further clarified. The order states,.“We also make it clear that if this Court comes to a conclusion that, having regard to the report of Justice F.M. Ibrahim Kalifulla, the mediation proceedings should be ordered to be concluded, the Court will do so and order for commencement of the hearing of the appeals before it, tentatively, on and from 25th July, 2019, which hearings, if required, will be conducted on day-to-day basis.”.Last week, one of the original plaintiffs in the Ram Mandir-Babri Masjid case had mentioned the matter, claiming that no progress has been made in the mediation ordered by the Court to settle the issue. He had, therefore, sought an early listing of the case. The case is otherwise slated to be heard after August 15..On March 8, a Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court had referred the long-standing Ram Mandir-Babri Masjid dispute for mediation. The mediation panel is being chaired by former Supreme Court judge Justice FMI Kalifulla and also comprises spiritualist Sri Sri Ravi Shankar and Senior Advocate Sriram Panchu..In May, the Court extended the deadline given to the Mediation Committee allowed it to complete the process by August 15..[Read Order]
