SC defers Ayodhya case hearing
TIMESOFINDIA.COM | Updated: Jan 27, 2019, 17:43 ISTHighlights
- The hearing has been deferred due to the non-availability of Justice S A Bobde
- The SC had earlier deferred the hearing to January 29 after two judges dropped out of the case
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Sunday deferred the January 29 hearing in the Ayodhya case due to the non-availability of Justice S A Bobde, reported news agency ANI.
The court, however, has not announced a new date on which the matter will be taken up for hearing.
A new five-judge bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi was originally scheduled to hear the Ramjanmabhoomi-Babri Masjid case on January 29.
The hearing had been deferred after Justice U U Lalit recused himself from the case and Justice N V Ramana dropped out citing personal reasons.
The CJI had then drafted Justice Ashok Bhushan and Justice S Abdul Nazeer into the five-judge bench led by him. The other two judges on the bench are Justice S A Bobde and Justice D Y Chandrachud.
The politically sensitive case relating to the over century-old litigation has been pending in the SC since 2011.
The court, however, has not announced a new date on which the matter will be taken up for hearing.
Ayodhya hearing deferred, SC ruling unlikely before LS polls
With the much-anticipated start to proceedings in the Ayodhya dispute in the Supreme Court stuttering again with Justice U U Lalit recusing himself and the court directing the registry to inspect voluminous records in several languages, a verdict before the Lok Sabha elections appears unlikely.
A new five-judge bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi was originally scheduled to hear the Ramjanmabhoomi-Babri Masjid case on January 29.
The hearing had been deferred after Justice U U Lalit recused himself from the case and Justice N V Ramana dropped out citing personal reasons.
The CJI had then drafted Justice Ashok Bhushan and Justice S Abdul Nazeer into the five-judge bench led by him. The other two judges on the bench are Justice S A Bobde and Justice D Y Chandrachud.
The politically sensitive case relating to the over century-old litigation has been pending in the SC since 2011.
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