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The Supreme Court (SC) on Friday fixed April 6 as the next date of hearing in the Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid dispute, officials said.
Earlier in the day, the court had begun hearing 13 appeals filed against the 2010 judgment of the Allahabad High Court in four civil suits.
The court resumed hearing the Ram Mandir-Babri Masjid dispute case to determine ownership of the 2.77 acre disputed land in Ayodhya.
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The court had earlier dismissed all 32 intervention petitions, including applications of Shyam Benegal, Aparna Sen and Teesta Setalvad, in the dispute case.
In a previous hearing in February, the apex court had said that it will treat the case as a pure land dispute and refused the appellants’ plea for day to day hearing.
The SC bench consisting of Chief Justice Dipak Misra, Justice Ashok Bhushan and Justice S Abdul Nazeer had also asked all parties in the case to file translated copies of the documents before it.
The court was hearing a batch of cross petitions challenging 2010 Allahabad High Court verdict that had divided the disputed Babri Masjid-Ramjanmabhoomi site between the Nirmohi Akhara, Lord Ram deity and the Sunni Waqf Board.
The top court was moved challenging the High Court verdict by petitioners M. Siddiqui represented by his legal heirs, the Nirmohi Akhara, the UP Sunni Central Waqf Board, Bhagwan Shri Ram Virajman, All India Hindu Mahasabha’s Swami Chakrapani, the Akhil Bharat Hindu Mahasabha, the Akhil Bharatiya Sri Ramjanam Bhoomi Punardhar Samiti and others.
(With inputs from agencies)
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