The Allahabad High Court verdict on the Ayodhya title suit will not be delivered tomorrow with the Supreme Court staying it by a week. The apex court has decided hear the plea for postponement on the 28th of this month.A bench comprising Justices R V Raveendran and H L Gokhale stayed the pronouncement of the judgment by the Lucknow Bench of Allahabad High Court scheduled for tomorrow.The Bench also issued notices to all the contesting parties and sought their response to the plea by retired bureaucrat Ramesh Chand Tripathi.Tripathi's petition pleaded for exploring the possibility of an out-of-court settlement on the 60-year-old Ram Janambhoomi-Babri Masjid title suit dispute.The court made the Centre a party to the hearing by issuing a notice to Attorney General G E Vahanvati and sought his presence on the day of hearing. A three-judge bench of the Allahabad High Court had on the 17th of this month rejected Tripathi's petition for deferment and imposed exemplary costs of 50,000 rupees terming his effort for an out-of-court settlement of the dispute as a ischievous attempt.
News On AIR | September 23, 2010 8:52 PM
SC stays Ayodhya title suit verdict by a week; Decides to hear plea for postponement on Sept 28