Ayodhya case hearing today

New Delhi, July 17

The Supreme Court is likely to peruse today a report on the “progress of mediation” in the politically sensitive Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid land dispute case in Ayodhya.

A five-judge Constitution Bench, headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi, had, on July 11, sought a report on the issue and said a day-to-day hearing might commence from July 25 if the court decided to conclude the mediation proceedings.

The Bench had requested former apex court judge Justice FMI Kalifulla (retd), chairperson of the three-member mediation panel, to apprise it by July 18 on the progress of mediation till date. “It will be convenient to have the said report latest by July 18, on which date further orders will be passed by this court,” the Bench said on July 11. — PTI