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Ayodhya

22 February 2016

BJP leader Subramanian Swamy on Monday moved the Supreme Court seeking construction of Lord Ram temple at the disputed site in Ayodhya.

09 August 2011

LPG cylinder companies claim Competition Commission of India (CCI) failed to maintain confidentiality of business secrets before Delhi HC: “CCI has released my confidential information and great secrets without my permission.” [Law et al]

SC admits two more challenges to Ayodhya Babri verdict: one quotes Hadith [Hindu]

Bombay HC upholds GLC Mumbai first year admissions, despite disagreements over 5% deducation [TOI]

Encounter cops deserve death sentence: SC [Indian Express]

Salman Khan appeal starts today against one-year sentence over chinkara poaching [TOI]

Professor wants Bombay HC to stop people using “wrong word” when singing national anthem (‘Sindh’, rather than ‘Sindhu’) [PTI]

09 May 2011

The Supreme Court has stayed the operation of the landmark September 2010 Allahabad high court’s Ayodhya judgement, which divided the disputed Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid site into three, calling it “something strange”.

16 November 2010

The Ayodhya verdict by the Allahabad High Court on 30 September was yesterday challenged in the Supreme Court.

18 October 2010

One of the key parties to the Ayodhya title dispute Nirmohi Akhara has said it would challenge the Allahabad High Court’s verdict in the Supreme Court following similar decision by the All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) last week, thereby ruling out most chances of an out-of-court settlement at this stage.

12 October 2010

Hindu political organisation Akhil Bharat Hindu Mahasabha has filed a caveat in the Supreme Court to prevent any party to the dispute from seeking an ex-parte order in appealing against the Allahabad High Court’s 30 September decision on the Ayodhya title dispute matter.

01 October 2010

Legally India newsletter

All is calm and kites flew high over the Colaba slums this evening. In the absence of riots and overt discontent on either side, it is fair to say that the Allahabad High Court ruling in the Ayodyah case yesterday was diplomatically just, in deciding to partition the site of the demolished Babri mosque and the (now legal) birthplace of the god-king Ram into three parts.

28 September 2010

The Supreme Court of India has rejected the plea to defer the Ayodhya ruling by the Allahabad High Court, which is now expected to be handed down at 3pm on Thursday 30 September, which has again put states on high alert fearing potential violence.

24 September 2010

Legally India newsletter

This controversy-packed week all of India lived in fear of Friday, awaiting the verdict in the 60-year-old Ayodhya land title dispute.

23 September 2010

Tomorrow’s judgment in the Ayodhya religious dispute has been postponed by one week to 28 September by the Supreme Court, reported news organisations. The retired bureaucrat Ramesh Chandra Tripathi filed a petition with the Supreme Court to make the dispute subject to mediation, which was yesterday reportedly rejected. However, the apex court has now decided to hear a plea for deferring the judgment next Tuesday under section 89 of the Civil Procedure Code, according to the Indian Express.

22 September 2010

The Supreme Court has refused to hear the petition seeking to defer the Ayodhya dispute verdict and to mediate it, with the court saying it should be taken up by another “appropriate” bench, reports OneIndia. The petitioner Ramesh Chand Tripathi claimed that the verdict would disturb communal harmony and lead to violence, reported NDTV, but this was earlier also rejected by the Allahabad High Court and he was hit with costs of Rs 50,000.

This Friday’s expected judgment in the case relating to the demolition of a mosque on the Babri site in 1992 by Hindu activists is widely feared to cause frictions. Today the Karnataka state government has declared a two-day school and college holiday from the day of the verdict (24 and 25 September) as a precautionary measure to maintain law and order after the ruling, reported the wire United News of India.

The Hindu has prepared a detailed and fascinating analysis of the case’s legal history.