The Supreme Court today began crucial hearing on a plea seeking deferment of the Allahabad High Court verdict on the Ramjanambhoomi-Babri Masjid dispute. The hearing started before a three-judge special bench headed by Chief Justice S H Kapadia. Senior advocate Mukul Rohatgi is putting forth arguments on behalf of a retired bureaucrat Ramesh Chand Tripathi on why the delivery of the verdict be postponed and efforts be made to reach an amicable settlement outside the court. Besides the Chief Justice, the special bench also includes Justices Aftab Alam and K S Radhakrishnan. Today's crucial hearing assumed significance as the Sunni Central Waqf Board and Akhil Bharat Hindu Mahasabha, two opposite parties to the title suit, have ruled out the scope of reconciliation in their affidavits filed in the apex court.