SC Bench to fix date for hearing Ayodha title suit appeals

A three-judge Bench of the Supreme Court, led by Chief Justice of India (CJI) Ranjan Gogoi, on Monday posted the Ayodhya title suit appeals in January before an appropriate Bench to fix a date for hearing the case.

When parties indicated urgency and an early hearing, the CJI-led Bench clarified that it cannot really say when hearing would begin. It left it to the discretion of the “appropriate Bench” before which the matter would come up on January.

“We have our own priorities… whether hearing would take place in January, March or April would be decided by an appropriate Bench,” the CJI said.

 The court had signaled that it would decide the appeals like any other civil suit, based on evidence, and pay little heed to arguments about the “religious significance” of the Ayodhya issue and the communal strife it has led to over the past many years.