Paving the way for the Allahabad High Court to deliver its judgement in the 60-year-old Ramjanambhoomi- Babri Masjid title suit, the Supreme Court on Tuesday dismissed the plea for deferment of the verdict.
The apex court did not fix any date for the Allahabad High Court to give the verdict. It also did not specify any reason for its decision not to fix any date for the judgement to be delivered by the high court. However, the high court will pronounce the verdict on September 30 at 3.30 pm.
The officer on special duty in the high Court, Hari Shankar Dubey said that the three-judge special bench comprising Justice S.U Khan, Sudhir Agarwal and D.V Sharma would pronounce the verdict on September 30 at 15.30 hours.
The announcement came shortly after the Supreme Court rejected a special leave petition moved by Ramesh Chandra Tripathi, a former bureaucrat, seeking deferment of verdict.
Tripathi had made the plea that another chance should be given for reaching a settlement on the issue through reconciliation and had also sought the postponement apprehending law and order problem.
Tripathi had approached the apex court after the special bench in the High Court had rejected his similar plea on September 17 by two-one majority and imposed a cost of Rs. 50,000 on him.
"Having considered in detail the arguments of the parties, we are of the view that the SLP has to be dismissed. Accordingly, the SLP stands dismissed," said the apex court's 3-judge bench headed by Chief Justice S H Kapadia in a brief order.
Earlier, Attorney General G E Vahanvati said that uncertainty should not be allowed to continue.
Appearing before the bench that included Justices Aftab Alam and K S Radhakrishnan, he said the most preferred solution to the problem would be settlement but it has not taken place and the uncertainty which is prevailing should not be allowed to continue.
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