Supreme Court Refuses To Extend Security Of Former Judge Who Pronounced Babri Verdict

The Supreme Court on Monday refused to extend the security of former special judge S K Yadav who had pronounced the verdict in the Babri Masjid demolition case and acquitted all 32 accused, including BJP veterans L K Advani, M M Joshi and Uma Bharti.

A bench, headed by Justice R F Nariman and also comprising Justices Navin Sinha and Krishna Murari, was considering the former judge's request to continue his personal security in view of the sensitivity of the case decided by him on his last day in office.

“Having perused the letter, we don't consider it appropriate to provide security,” the bench said.

On September 30, the uncommon court had cleared each of the 32 blamed for the situation



saying there was no definitive proof that they were essential for any scheme to cut down the contested structure in Ayodhya. 

The sixteenth century mosque was destroyed on December 6, 1992 by 'kar sevaks' who accepted that it involved the site where Lord Ram was conceived, the annihilation setting off mobs that left hundreds dead in the nation and enlarging breaks between the networks. 

A year ago, a five-judge Constitution seat of the peak court had decided that the 2.77-section of land asserted by the two Hindus and Muslims would be given over to a trust for the structure of a sanctuary.

The top court had also ordered allocation of five-acre land at another site in Ayodhya for building a mosque.