The Supreme Court on Friday turned down BJP leader and Rajya Sabha MP Subramanian Swamy's plea to expedite the hearing in the Ayodhya land dispute case. "What is your locus standi in the case? We don't have time to hear you now. we didn't know that you are a party to case," the bench told Swamy. Reacting to the development, Swamy tweeted: "Today the SC asked me if I was a party in the Ayodhya dispute. I said I had made clear that I was on Fundamental Right to worship issue. The judges said they have no time and adjourned the matter. In other words those who wanted delay succeeded. I will try another route soon." In 2010, the Lucknow bench of Allahabad High Court had ruled for a three-way division of the disputed 2.77 acres area at the site in Uttar Pradesh. The three-judge bench, by a majority of 2:1, had said the land be partitioned equally among three parties, Sunni Waqf Board, Nirmohi Akhara and the 'Ram Lalla' (nascent Lord Ram).
