SC to hear Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid land dispute matter on Feb 26

It will be heard by a five-judge Constitution Bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi

Press Trust of India  |  New Delhi 

The Wednesday decided to hear on February 26 the politically sensitive Ayodhya's Ram-Janmabhoomi land dispute matter.

The apex court on January 27 had cancelled the scheduled hearing for January 29 as Justice S A Bobde, one of the five judges of the Constitution Bench, was not available that day.

Besides CJI and Justice Bobde, members of the bench are Justices D Y Chandrachud, and S A Nazeer.

The bench will hear the appeals against the 2010 judgment, delivered in four civil suits, that the 2.77-acre land in Ayodhya be partitioned equally among three parties -- the Sunni Waqf Board, the Nirmohi Akhara and

First Published: Wed, February 20 2019. 15:10 IST