Three-judge Supreme Court bench to hear petitions in Ayodhya land dispute

The Supreme Court will today start hearing a batch of petitions challenging the Allahabad High Court verdict in the Ayodhya land dispute case. The Apex court on Monday constituted a three-judge bench headed by Justice Dipak Misra to hear the case. Justices Ashok Bhushan and Abdul Nazeer are the other members of the bench, which would adjudicate the dispute over ownership of Ram Temple-Babri Masjid land.

The Lucknow Bench of the Allahabad High Court had in 2010 ruled a three-way division of the disputed



2.77 acres of land in Ayodhya. The three-judge bench of the high court, by a 2:1 majority, had said the land be partitioned equally among the three parties, the Sunni Waqf Board, the Nirmohi Akhara and Ram Lalla.

On 21th of last month, a bench headed by Chief Justice JS Khehar had said that it would soon take a decision to list the matter for early hearing. The court's remark had come on a plea of BJP leader Subramanian Swamy who sought urgent listing and hearing of the matter.