Section 144 imposed in Ayodhya till Dec 10 in anticipation of verdict in land dispute case

Hearing on appeals challenging the Allahabad High Court verdict in the Ayodhya case will conclude on October 17.

The five-judge bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi, and comprising of Justices S A Bobde, D Y Chandrachud, Ashok Bhushan and S Abdul Nazeer, asked the parties to finish their arguments by October 16 so that it can hear them on the question of relief the following day and wrap up the proceedings.

Twenty-seven years after the Babri Masjid demolition, the Supreme Court is set to wrap up arguments in the case which changed the country’s politics, and deliver a verdict before Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi retires on November 17.

If not, the case will have to be heard afresh.