The Supreme Court of India on Friday referred the Babri Masjid-Ayodhya’s Ram Janmabhoomi land dispute case to mediation for amicable settlement.
Former apex court judge Justice (retd) F M Kallifullah will head a panel of mediators in the case.
A five-judge Constitution Bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi on Wednesday had reserved the order after hearing various contesting parties.
Fourteen appeals have been filed in the apex court against the 2010 Allahabad High Court judgment, delivered in four civil suits, that the 2.77-acre land in Ayodhya be partitioned equally among the three parties — the Sunni Waqf Board, the Nirmohi Akhara and Ram Lalla.
The Court said that the mediation process has to start within four weeks and has to be completed within eight weeks.
Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid land dispute case: Supreme Court says
mediation process has to start within four weeks and to be completed within eight weeks. pic.twitter.com/zWY82T09Xx— ANI (@ANI) March 8, 2019
The Supreme Court also said that the mediation process will be held in-camera. Moreover, the court also added that reporting of the mediation proceedings in media will be banned.
Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid land dispute case: Supreme Court in its order also said that the reporting of the mediation proceedings in media will be banned. https://t.co/QpjYDyemmS
— ANI (@ANI) March 8, 2019