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Ayodhya case: Supreme Court allows mediation process to continue, seeks report on outcome by Aug 1

Hearing of the case if required fixed on and from August 2

PTI New Delhi Published 18.07.19, 06:17 AM
The Supreme Court.

The Supreme Court. Picture by Prem Singh

The Supreme Court on Thursday allowed mediation process in the Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid land dispute case to continue and sought a report on its outcome by August 1.

A five-judge Constitution bench of Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi and justices S.A.Bobde, D.Y. Chandrachud, Ashok Bhushan and S.A. Nazeer, said that after perusing the report filed by the mediation panel, it will take a call on August 2 on whether hearing is required in the case.

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The bench, which perused the report filed by the panel headed by former apex court judge F.M.I. Kalifulla, said its contents will remain confidential according to its earlier order.

'However, taking into account what has been brought to our notice by the said report, we now fix hearing of the case, if required on and from August 2,' the bench said.

The apex court requested the committee to inform it by August 1 about the outcome of the proceedings held till July 31.

The bench also took into record an application filed by one of the parties pointing to discrepancies in the translated copies of the records related to the case.

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