New Delhi, Jul 11 (UNI) The Supreme Court on Thursday asked the mediation panel, headed by Justice (retd) FMI Khalifulla, to submit a progress report by July 18 on its efforts to resolve the Ram Janambhoomi-Babri Masjid title suit which for centuries has led to friction in the secular fabric of India.
After a protracted hearing, nationwide riots, murder and mayhem, Allahabad High Court, in 2010, had decreed the division and transfer of title in three equal parts of the 2.77 acres of the disputed land to three principal claimants, one to the minorities, another to the majority community and the rest to the Nirmohi Akhara sect. A year later, the apex court stayed the verdict.
A five-judge constitution bench, headed Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi, said that it would commence hearing of the case from July 25 if the meditation panel expresses its inability to resolve the dispute.