The Sunni Waqf Board today opposed day-to-day hearing of the Adyodhya title suit in the Supreme Court. The Sunni Waqf Board, which represents Muslims in the Ayodhya land dispute case, said the matter should not be “rushed like this” in the Supreme Court.
“We have to read documents and prepare everyday for arguments,” senior Advocate Rajiv Dhawan, appearing for the Sunni Waqf Board, told the Supreme Court today adding, “It is a first appeal and the hearing cannot be rushed like this.”
The Supreme Court began day-to-day hearing on the Ayodhya land dispute case on August 6 after mediation panel failed to arrive at an out-of-the-court settlement.
Responding to the contention of Dhawan, the Supreme Court’s five-judge bench led by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi said, “We have heard you, we will see [what is to be done].”
Earlier, the Supreme Court made a departure from tradition as it decided to hear the politically sensitive Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid land dispute on all five working days of the week. In day-to-day hearing, the Supreme Court hears a case only from Tuesday to Thursday in a week. Mondays and Fridays are reserved for fresh cases and miscellaneous matters.
But the constitution bench hearing the Ayodhya dispute case informed the lawyers of respective parties on the conclusion of the third day’s hearing on Thursday that it would continue to hear the matter on Friday.
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