Supreme Court orders 8 weeks of mediation in Ayodhya case, first status report expected in 4 weeks; timeline of the process
The timeline of the mediation process for the Ayodhya dispute as prescribed by the court directs the panel to begin mediation within a week from Friday and has granted the duration of eight weeks for the process. Editor’s Note: This article was originally published on 8 March, 2019, when the Supreme Court appointed the three-member mediation panel in a bid to resolve the long-standing Ram Mandir-Babri Masjid dispute in Ayodhya. The five-judge bench headed by Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi appointed former Supreme Court judge FM Khalifullah as the chairperson of the panel which will also include spiritual guru Sri Sri Ravishankar and lawyer Sriram Panchu. The timeline of the mediation process prescribed by the court directs that the panel begin mediation within a week from Friday and has granted the duration of eight weeks for the process. Gogoi, reading out the judgment, also said that the panel is expected to present a status report to the bench four weeks, or a month, into the mediation process.
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