<span style="color: #222222;">The Supreme Court today dismissed a batch of petitions seeking review of its November 9 Ayodhya verdict, which cleared the way for construction of Ram Temple at the disputed site.<br />'' <br />'' A five-judge bench headed by Chief Justice S A Bobde, which took these review pleas for consideration in-chamber, rejected them after finding no merits.  <br />'' <br />'' There were 18 review petitions, out of which nine had been filed by parties who were part of the earlier litigation and the other nine filed by "third parties".<br />'' <br />'' The bench considered review pleas of only those who were parties to the four lawsuits filed initially.<br />'' <br />''<br />''With the rejection of these review petitions, the consequential request of parties for an open court hearing on these pleas also got dismissed. </span>