Supreme Court refuses to extend security of judge who gave Babri demolition case verdict
4 years, 4 months ago

Supreme Court refuses to extend security of judge who gave Babri demolition case verdict

Op India  

The apex Court today refused to extend the security of former special judge SK Yadav who had pronounced the verdict in the Babri Masjid demolition case. The court was considering the former judge’s request for personal security in view of the sensitive nature of the Babri demolition case. SC refuses to extend security of ex-judge who pronounced Babri Masjid case verdict Track latest news updates here https://t.co/DEXIrUpe12 pic.twitter.com/fBUplPoACN — Economic Times November 2, 2020 Former special CBI court judge SK Yadav had delivered the judgment on Babri demolition case on his last day in office. Babri Demolition Case Verdict On September 30, 2020, the special CBI court had pronounced the verdict in the Babri demolition case in which all the 32 accused including BJP leaders LK Advani, Murli Manohar Joshi, former ministers Uma Bharti and Kalyan Singh, were acquitted by the court.

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SC agrees to examine CBI appeal against Dera Sacha Sauda chief’s acquittal in murder case
2 months, 3 weeks ago

SC agrees to examine CBI appeal against Dera Sacha Sauda chief’s acquittal in murder case

The Hindu  

The Supreme Court on Friday consented to look into an appeal filed by the Central Bureau of Investigation challenging the acquittal of Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh and four others in the 2002 murder of Ranjit Singh, a former manager of the sect. A Bench headed by Chief Justice of India Sanjiv Khanna issued notice to the …

Supreme Court clears way for CBI probe into Kallakurichi hooch tragedy
3 months, 1 week ago

Supreme Court clears way for CBI probe into Kallakurichi hooch tragedy

New Indian Express  

CHENNAI: The Supreme Court on Tuesday cleared the decks for a CBI probe into the Kallakurichi hooch tragedy that left 68 people dead. A bench of Justices J B Pardiwala and R Mahadevan dismissed the special leave petitions filed by the Tamil Nadu government against the Madras High Court judgment ordering the CBI probe. Based on petitions filed by AIADMK …

The Babri Demolition and the Judiciary: Ineptitude or Incompetence?
3 months, 3 weeks ago

The Babri Demolition and the Judiciary: Ineptitude or Incompetence?

Live Law  

On the thirty-second anniversary of the shameful demolition of the Babri Masjid, we see that the Pandora's box has been opened. What is of special interest is his summary of the proceedings in the Supreme Court in the weeks and months prior to the demolition – writ petitions were pending in both the Allahabad High Court and the Supreme Court …

Photo Essay: The Babri Masjid demolition, 32 years ago
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Photo Essay: The Babri Masjid demolition, 32 years ago

India Today  

The demolition of the Babri Masjid in Ayodhya on December 6, 1992, marked a pivotal moment in India's history, fuelling debates over religion, politics, and identity. Leaders Addressing the Crowd BJP leader Lal Krishna Advani’s speeches galvanised the masses, stoking passions that culminated in the Babri Masjid's demolition. Riots after the Babri Masjid demolition in Seelampur The Aftermath The destruction …

Supreme Court junks CBI plea in Yasin Malik case: 'Even Ajmal Kasab got fair trial'
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4 months, 1 week ago

Supreme Court junks CBI plea in Yasin Malik case: 'Even Ajmal Kasab got fair trial'

India TV News  

In a significant development, the Supreme Court on Monday emphasised the importance of a fair trial system citing the example of of 26/11 terrorist Ajmal Kasab's case. This happened when the court was hearing the Central Bureau of Investigation appeal regarding a Jammu court’s direction for local Kashmiri separatist leader Yasin Malik to personally appear to face the trial. In …

Why Ram Rahim Singh Was Acquitted In 2002 Murder Case? Punjab & Haryana High Court Belies Polygraph Test, Says CBI Coerced Key Witness
10 months ago

Why Ram Rahim Singh Was Acquitted In 2002 Murder Case? Punjab & Haryana High Court Belies Polygraph Test, Says CBI Coerced Key Witness

Live Law  

In its 163-page judgment, the Punjab and Haryana High Court today acquitted Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh and four others who were sentenced to life imprisonment by a CBI court in the 2002 Ranjit Singh murder case.A division bench of Justice Sureshwar Thakur and Justice Lalit Batra found the CBI, which took over the probe in November …

District Judge’s conference call with Sankaracharya Jayendra Saraswati | Madras High Court upholds his removal from service
1 year ago

District Judge’s conference call with Sankaracharya Jayendra Saraswati | Madras High Court upholds his removal from service

The Hindu  

The Madras High Court refused to interfere with the punishment of removal from service imposed upon an Additional District Judge for having participated in a conference call relating to the payment of money with Sankaracharya Jayendra Saraswati of Kanchi Mutt when the latter had been arrayed as the prime accused in the Sankararaman murder case. The explanations submitted by them …

SC to hear on Monday Maharashtra government's appeal challenging GN Saibaba's acquittal
1 year ago

SC to hear on Monday Maharashtra government's appeal challenging GN Saibaba's acquittal

New Indian Express  

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court Bench headed by Justice BR Gavai would hear on March 11, Monday, the appeal filed by the Maharashtra government against the acquittal of former Delhi University professor GN Saibaba and five other accused persons in an alleged Maoist link case, as per the Supreme Court's causelist revealed. The Maharashtra government had on March 5 knocked …

Sandeshkhali case: Supreme Court dismisses Bengal govt's plea, refuses to stay Calcutta HC order
1 year ago

Sandeshkhali case: Supreme Court dismisses Bengal govt's plea, refuses to stay Calcutta HC order

India TV News  

The Supreme Court on Wednesday dismissed the West Bengal government's plea seeking an urgent hearing on the Sandeshkhali case which pertains to assault on Enforcement Directorate officers in January. West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee-led state government had moved to the apex court demanding an early hearing after refusing to transfer Shahjahan to CBI custody. West Bengal govt moves apex …

Supreme Court Weekly Roundup (6th Nov-12th Nov)
1 year, 4 months ago

Supreme Court Weekly Roundup (6th Nov-12th Nov)

Live Law  

Nominal Index Vishnubhai Ganpatbhai Patel and another v. State of Gujarat 2023 LiveLaw 955 Bambhaniya Sagar Vasharambhai v. Union Of India 2023 LiveLaw 956 Lombardi Engineering Ltd v. State of Uttarakhand 2023 LiveLaw 958 Union of India & Ors v Dilip Paul 2023 LiveLaw 959 C. RAJENDRAN. v. UNIVERSITY OF CALICUT 2023 LiveLaw 960 Manjunath v. State of Karnataka 2023 …

Supreme Court Refuses To Entertain CBI's Challenge To HC Stay Of Probe Against DK Shivakumar, Asks HC To Decide In 2 Weeks
1 year, 4 months ago

Supreme Court Refuses To Entertain CBI's Challenge To HC Stay Of Probe Against DK Shivakumar, Asks HC To Decide In 2 Weeks

Live Law  

The Supreme Court Friday refused to entertain the plea by the Central Bureau of Investigation challenging Karnataka High Court's decision to stay an investigation against Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar in a disproportionate assets case. However, the Court requested the High Court to consider the application filed by the CBI for vacating the stay granted and the appeal pending before …

top news of the day august 7 2023
1 year, 7 months ago

top news of the day august 7 2023

The Hindu  

Manipur violence case | Supreme Court sets up panel of 3 women ex-judges to oversee humanitarian measures Chief Justice of India D.Y. Justice Joshi is a former Bombay High Court judge and justice Menon is a retired Delhi High Court judge Rahul Gandhi attends Lok Sabha as his disqualification is revoked Congress leader Rahul Gandhi’s Lok Sabha membership suspensionwas revoked …

BREAKING | Supreme Court To Hear TMC MP Abhishek Banerjee's Appeal Against CBI Notice In School Jobs Scam Case On May 26
1 year, 10 months ago

BREAKING | Supreme Court To Hear TMC MP Abhishek Banerjee's Appeal Against CBI Notice In School Jobs Scam Case On May 26

Live Law  

The Supreme Court has agreed to list on May 26 an appeal filed by TMC leader and MP Abhishek Banerjee against Calcutta High Court's order dismissing his plea to recall the order passed by Justice Abhijit Gangopadhyay on April 13 giving liberty to the CBI and ED to interrogate him in the West Bengal School Job Scam case. Last week, …

AIMPLB to Move SC Against CBI Court Acquittal of 32 Accused in Babri Masjid Demolition Case
2 years, 3 months ago

AIMPLB to Move SC Against CBI Court Acquittal of 32 Accused in Babri Masjid Demolition Case

News 18  

The All India Muslim Personal Law Board will move the Supreme Court against a CBI special court acquittal of all the 32 accused in the 1992 Babri Masjid demolition case, an official of the board said on Wednesday. The CBI court had on September 30, 2020 acquitted the accused including former deputy prime minister L K Advani in the case …

Babri Masjid demolition case: AIMPLB to move SC against CBI court acquittal of 32 accused
2 years, 3 months ago

Babri Masjid demolition case: AIMPLB to move SC against CBI court acquittal of 32 accused

Firstpost  

The All India Muslim Personal Law Board will move the Supreme Court against a CBI special court acquittal of all the 32 accused in the 1992 Babri Masjid demolition case, an official of the board said on Wednesday. Ayodhya: The All India Muslim Personal Law Board will move the Supreme Court against a CBI special court acquittal of all the …

Babri mosque demolition: Allahabad High Court dismisses plea against acquittal of LK Advani, other accused
2 years, 4 months ago

Babri mosque demolition: Allahabad High Court dismisses plea against acquittal of LK Advani, other accused

India TV News  

Highlights Allahabad High Court dismissed a plea challenging the acquittal of 32 accused in Babri masjid case The appellants have no locus standi in the matter which includes former Dy PM LK Advani A Lucknow bench of justices Ramesh Sinha, Saroj Yadav rejected the appeal by two Ayodhya residents Babri mosque demolition case: The Allahabad High Court today dismissed a …

Protest Against SC Verdict in Ayodhya-Babri Masjid Case Nothing But Promoting Enmity on Religious Grounds, Says Karnataka HC
2 years, 4 months ago

Protest Against SC Verdict in Ayodhya-Babri Masjid Case Nothing But Promoting Enmity on Religious Grounds, Says Karnataka HC

News 18  

The Karnataka High Court on Thursday said protest against the Supreme Court’s judgment in the Ayodhya-Babri Masjid case was nothing but promoting enmity between two groups on the ground of religion. The court was hearing a plea filed by a Mangaluru resident against a suo motu case registered by police, who had received information that the Campus Front of India, …

Babri Demolition Case: Allahabad High Court Reserves Judgment On Maintainability Of Appeal Against Acquittal Order
2 years, 4 months ago

Babri Demolition Case: Allahabad High Court Reserves Judgment On Maintainability Of Appeal Against Acquittal Order

Live Law  

Essentially, the plea has been filed challenging the Judgment of Special CBI Judge S K Yadav holding held that the demolition of the mosque was not premeditated and that there was no criminal conspiracy behind it. The instant plea has been filed by two Ayodhya residents - Haji Mahmood Ahmad and Syed Akhlaq Ahmad who claimed to have witnessed the …

Babri Demolition: HC Reserves Order On Maintainability Of Plea Against Acquittal Of Advani, Others
2 years, 4 months ago

Babri Demolition: HC Reserves Order On Maintainability Of Plea Against Acquittal Of Advani, Others

ABP News  

The Allahabad High Court on Monday reserved its order on the issue of maintainability of an appeal challenging the acquittal of all 32 accused, including former deputy prime minister LK Advani, in the Babri mosque demolition case. A Lucknow bench of justices Ramesh Sinha and Saroj Yadav passed the order on the appeal by two Ayodhya residents – Haji Mahmood …

Babri Demolition Case: Prosecution’s Case Was Half-baked, We Were Ignored, Ayodhya Residents Tell Allahabad HC
2 years, 4 months ago

Babri Demolition Case: Prosecution’s Case Was Half-baked, We Were Ignored, Ayodhya Residents Tell Allahabad HC

News 18  

In the criminal appeal moved against the acquittal of 32 accused in the Babri Masjid demolition case, the counsel for the appellants on Monday submitted that the prosecution and the investigators failed to perform their duties and did not put up a strong case before the CBI court. Senior advocate Mohemmed Amir Naqvi, on behalf of the appellants, argued before …

Supreme Court Closes Contempt Proceedings Against UP Govt Over Demolition Of Babri Masjid
2 years, 6 months ago

Supreme Court Closes Contempt Proceedings Against UP Govt Over Demolition Of Babri Masjid

Live Law  

The Supreme Court on Tuesday closed the contempt proceedings pending in relation to the demolition of Babri Masjid in 1992. The contempt petition was filed by one Mohammed Aslam Bhure in 1992 against the State of Uttar Pradesh for violation of the undertaking given to the Court regarding maintenance of law and order in the area.A bench comprising Justices Sanjay …

SC closes all cases pertaining to 2002 Gujarat riots and petitions against 1992 Babri Masjid demolition
2 years, 6 months ago

SC closes all cases pertaining to 2002 Gujarat riots and petitions against 1992 Babri Masjid demolition

Firstpost  

Closing all the proceedings arising out of 2002 post-Godhra riots in Gujarat, the apex court said that with the passage of time, the cases have become infructuous New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday closed all the cases and proceedings arising out of 2002 Godhra communal riots in Gujarat and the demolition of the Babri mosque in 1992. SC closes …

Babri Demolition Case: Allahabad HC Grants 2 Weeks' Time To CBI, State Govt To File Objection On Appeal Against Acquittal Order
2 years, 7 months ago

Babri Demolition Case: Allahabad HC Grants 2 Weeks' Time To CBI, State Govt To File Objection On Appeal Against Acquittal Order

Live Law  

Now, on Monday, the Bench of Justice Ramesh Sinha and Justice Saroj Yadav granted two weeks' time to the CBI and CBI to file their objections to the Plea and listed the matter for further hearing on September 5. It may be noted that on July 18, when the revision plea came before the single judge, the Senior Counsel Syed …

Babri Demolition Case: Allahabad HC To Decide On Admissibility Of 'Criminal Appeal' Against Order Acquitting LK Advani, 31 Others
2 years, 8 months ago

Babri Demolition Case: Allahabad HC To Decide On Admissibility Of 'Criminal Appeal' Against Order Acquitting LK Advani, 31 Others

Live Law  

The Allahabad High Court is set to hear a plea filed against the order of the Special CBI Court at Lucknow that acquitted all 32 persons accused of hatching the criminal conspiracy behind the demolition of the Babri Masjid mosque on December 6, 1992.The plea, originally filed in 2021 as a criminal revision plea will now be treated as a …

Muslims can’t tolerate desecration of masjid: AIMPLB forms legal panel to look into Gyanvapi case
2 years, 10 months ago

Muslims can’t tolerate desecration of masjid: AIMPLB forms legal panel to look into Gyanvapi case

Firstpost  

The decision was taken during an online emergency meeting of the body on Tuesday after the Supreme Court’s order on the Gyanvapi mosque Reacting to the Gyanvapi case, The All India Muslim Personal Law Board on Wednesday announced that it has formed a panel to look into the 1991 places of worship act. In a statement, the body said, “Muslims …

Owaisi on Gyanvapi verdict: Have lost Babri... don't want to lose another masjid
2 years, 10 months ago

Owaisi on Gyanvapi verdict: Have lost Babri... don't want to lose another masjid

India TV News  

Highlights AIMIM chief Owaisi termed Gyanvapi Masjid verdict a blatant violation of Places of Worship Act 1991 Owaisi said that court's decision is also violation of SC judgment given in Babri Masjid verdict Owaisi clearly asserted that he does not want to lose another masjid, after Babri Masjid All India Majlis-E-Ittehadul Muslimeen chief Asaduddin Owaisi on Thursday termed the Gyanvapi …

Punjab & Haryana High Court Dismisses Plea Seeking Transfer Of Murder Case Against Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh
3 years, 5 months ago

Punjab & Haryana High Court Dismisses Plea Seeking Transfer Of Murder Case Against Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh

Live Law  

The Punjab and Haryana High Court today dismissed a plea seeking transfer of the murder trial against Dera Chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh pending before special CBI judge, Panchkula. The Court was hearing the plea filed by the son of the deceased Ranjeet Singh, who sought transfer of the case to another CBI court in Punjab, Haryana, or Chandigarh The …

Murder Case Against Gurmeet Singh: Punjab & Haryana High Court Restrains CBI Court From Pronouncing Verdict On August 26
3 years, 7 months ago

Murder Case Against Gurmeet Singh: Punjab & Haryana High Court Restrains CBI Court From Pronouncing Verdict On August 26

Live Law  

The Punjab and Haryana High Court today restrained the special CBI judge, Panchkula from pronouncing the verdict on August 26, in the Ranjit Singh's murder case, who was allegedly killed by Dera Chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh. The Special CBI judge Panchkula, Sushil Kumar Garg, was set to pronounce verdict on August 26, however, the Bench of Justice Arvind Singh …

Supreme Court Weekly Round Up, July 26 To August 1, 2021
3 years, 7 months ago

Supreme Court Weekly Round Up, July 26 To August 1, 2021

Live Law  

Writ Jurisdiction Not For Deciding 'Hotly Disputed Questions Of Facts', Reiterates Supreme CourtCase: Shubas Jain vs. Rajeshwari Shivam Citation: LL 2021 SC 335The Supreme Court has reiterated that a High Court cannot invoke its writ jurisdiction to adjudicate 'hotly disputed questions of facts'.It is not for the High Court to make a comparative. Writ Jurisdiction Not For Deciding 'Hotly Disputed …

Narada scam: SC annuls Calcutta HC order refusing to accept replies of Mamata Banerjee, Moloy Ghatak
3 years, 9 months ago

Narada scam: SC annuls Calcutta HC order refusing to accept replies of Mamata Banerjee, Moloy Ghatak

Firstpost  

The SC was hearing appeals challenging the HC’s refusal to take affidavits by Banerjee and Ghatak on their role on the day the CBI arrested four TMC leaders New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday annulled the Calcutta High Court’s 9 June order refusing to take reply-affidavits of West Bengal, its Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, and state law minister Moloy …

Narada bribery case: SC allows CBI to withdraw appeal against house arrest of TMC leaders
3 years, 10 months ago

Narada bribery case: SC allows CBI to withdraw appeal against house arrest of TMC leaders

Firstpost  

TMC’s Firhad Hakim, Subrata Mukherjee, Madan Mitra and Sovan Chatterjee, who were arrested by the CBI last Monday, were put under house arrest from jail on a Calcutta HC order The Supreme Court Tuesday permitted the CBI to withdraw its appeal against the Calcutta High Court order allowing house arrest of four leaders, including three from the TMC, in the …

Retired Judge, Who Acquitted 32 In Babri Masjid Demolition Case, Appointed As Deputy Lokayukta
3 years, 11 months ago

Retired Judge, Who Acquitted 32 In Babri Masjid Demolition Case, Appointed As Deputy Lokayukta

ABP News  

Lucknow: Retired judge Surendra Kumar Yadav who acquitted all accused last year in the Babri Masjid demolition case was appointed as the deputy Lokayukta in Uttar Pradesh. In 2019, Yadav's tenure was extended by the Supreme Court so that he could hear and deliver judgment in the 1992 Babri Masjid demolition case after almost twenty-eight years. READ: FIR Against Two …

Judge Who Acquitted All In Babri Demolition Case Appointed By UP Govt As 'Up-Lokayukta'
3 years, 11 months ago

Judge Who Acquitted All In Babri Demolition Case Appointed By UP Govt As 'Up-Lokayukta'

Live Law  

Retired CBI judge Surendra Kumar Yadav, who delivered the Babri demolition verdict, was appointed the Up-Lokayukta of Uttar Pradesh.He was administered the oath on Monday. Retired CBI judge Surendra Kumar Yadav, who delivered the Babri demolition verdict, was appointed the Up-Lokayukta of Uttar Pradesh. Babri demolition case was the last case tried by him as the presiding judge of Special …

Babri Masjid Demolition Case- Ayodhya Residents File Appeal Challenging CBI Court's Verdict Acquitting All Accused
4 years, 2 months ago

Babri Masjid Demolition Case- Ayodhya Residents File Appeal Challenging CBI Court's Verdict Acquitting All Accused

Live Law  

Two Ayodhya residents on Friday moved the Allahabad High Court challenging a special CBI court's ruling that acquitted all 32 accused including BJP veterans L K Advani and Murli Manohar Joshi the 1992 demolition of Babri mosque. Ayodhya residents Haji Mahmood Ahmad, 74, and Syed Akhlaq Ahmad, 81, claimed in the petition that they were witnesses in the trial against …

Supreme Court rejects Babri Masjid case judge's request seeking security extension
4 years, 4 months ago

Supreme Court rejects Babri Masjid case judge's request seeking security extension

India Today  

Supreme Court has rejected a request by the retired judge SK Yadav, who recently acquitted all 32 accused in the Babri Masjid demolition case, of extending his security over the sensitive nature of the case he handled. Former special judge SK Yadav had recently pronounced the verdict in the Babri Masjid demolition case and acquitted all 32 accused, including BJP …

Babri demolition case: A look into 2,300-page judgment
4 years, 5 months ago

Babri demolition case: A look into 2,300-page judgment

India Today  

For 28 years, Indian politics and media knew one truth -- on December 6, 1992, karsevaks were prepared to demolish the Babri Masjid, and they did, with the call and blessings of the political brass of the BJP, RSS, Shiv Sena. However, when it came to the investigation, the CBI said there was no proof that political leaders who were …

Being witness to the Babri Masjid demolition
4 years, 5 months ago

Being witness to the Babri Masjid demolition

The Hindu  

In the FIR carefully written out in Hindi at Thana Ramjanambhoomi, Ayodhya on December 11, 1992, I mentioned two U-matic tapes, one camera battery, one Hanimex still camera and a still film roll. The State government gave a sworn assurance to the apex court that no harm would be allowed to fall on the 16th century mosque, the epicentre of …

India Rejects Pakistan's Criticism of Court Ruling in Babri Masjid Demolition Case
4 years, 5 months ago

India Rejects Pakistan's Criticism of Court Ruling in Babri Masjid Demolition Case

News 18  

India on Thursday strongly rejected Pakistan's criticism of the acquittal of all the 32 accused in the Babri Masjid demolition case, saying it may be difficult for the neighbouring country, having a "coercive apparatus", to understand the ethos of democracy and rule of law. Pakistan Foreign Office on Wednesday condemned the acquittal of the accused in the case and urged …

Babri Demolition Verdict: Ex-law Minister Moily Calls it 'Travesty of Justice'
4 years, 5 months ago

Babri Demolition Verdict: Ex-law Minister Moily Calls it 'Travesty of Justice'

News 18  

Former law minister M Veerappa Moily on Thursday said acquittal of all the accused in the Babri Masjid demolition case by a special CBI court was a "travesty of justice", and claimed that the verdict reflects "insensitiveness" on the part of the judiciary. All the 32 accused, including BJP veterans L K Advani and MM Joshi, in the Babri masjid …

Swara Bhasker, Anubhav Sinha and others react as accused get acquitted in Babri Masjid demolition case
4 years, 5 months ago

Swara Bhasker, Anubhav Sinha and others react as accused get acquitted in Babri Masjid demolition case

India Today  

On September 30, a special CBI court in Uttar Pradesh announced a historic judgement on Babri Masjid demolition of December 6, 1992. He wrote, "Congratulations Mr Lal Krishna Advani you are now acquitted of the charges of single handedly drawing a bloody line across the soul of this country. Congratulations Mr Lal Krishna Advani you are now acquitted of the …

I still say Babri Masjid demolition was meticulously planned, Uma Bharti took responsibility: Justice Liberhan
4 years, 5 months ago

I still say Babri Masjid demolition was meticulously planned, Uma Bharti took responsibility: Justice Liberhan

India Today  

The demolition of the Babri Masjid on December 6, 1992 was a "meticulously planned" act and senior BJP leader Uma Bharti had "categorically" taken responsibility for it, Justice Manmohan Singh Liberhan has said, according to a report in the Indian Express. The Government of India had set up the Liberhan Commission in 1992 to investigate the Babri Masjid demolition. From …

No evidence: How LK Advani, MM Joshi and others got acquitted in Babri Masjid demolition case
4 years, 5 months ago

No evidence: How LK Advani, MM Joshi and others got acquitted in Babri Masjid demolition case

India Today  

The CBI court on Wednesday acquitted all 32 accused in the Babri Masjid demolition case over lack of evidence against them. While reading out the judgment, which is 2,300 pages long, CBI judge SK Yadav said there was no conclusive evidence against the accused of being part of any conspiracy to bring down the Babri Masjid structure in Ayodhya in …

Accept Babri ruling in interest of peace, hope Mathura, Kashi mosques won't be disturbed, say Ayodhya's Muslims
4 years, 5 months ago

Accept Babri ruling in interest of peace, hope Mathura, Kashi mosques won't be disturbed, say Ayodhya's Muslims

Firstpost  

Some, however, hoped that the CBI would appeal the CBI court ruling to “complete due process”. Others hoped this would bring closure to the entire Ayodhya episode The Muslim community in Ayodhya on Wednesday appeared to accept the CBI court verdict in the 1992 Babri Masjid demolition conspiracy case in “interest of peace” in society, hoping that Mathura and Kashi …

Justice in ruins: The Hindu Editorial on Babri Masjid demolition case verdict
4 years, 5 months ago

Justice in ruins: The Hindu Editorial on Babri Masjid demolition case verdict

The Hindu  

The ruins of the Babri Masjid were cleared in record time by the hordes of vandals mobilised for demolishing it. Even when the Supreme Court handed over the empty site to those who wanted the mosque brought down to build a Ram temple, its recognition of the demolition as an “egregious violation of the rule of law” gave rise to …

Muslims in Ayodhya Accept CBI Court Ruling in Babri Masjid Demolition Case in Interest of Peace
4 years, 5 months ago

Muslims in Ayodhya Accept CBI Court Ruling in Babri Masjid Demolition Case in Interest of Peace

News 18  

The Muslim community in Ayodhya on Wednesday appeared to accept the CBI court verdict in the 1992 Babri Masjid demolition conspiracy case in “interest of peace” in society, hoping that Mathura and Kashi issues will not be raked up after it. Some of them, however, hoped that the CBI will go in appeal against the CBI court ruling to “complete …

Former Uttar Pradesh CM Kalyan Singh Expresses Happiness Over Babri Mosque Court Verdict
4 years, 5 months ago

Former Uttar Pradesh CM Kalyan Singh Expresses Happiness Over Babri Mosque Court Verdict

News 18  

Former Uttar Pradesh chief minister Kalyan Singh on Wednesday expressed happiness over the Babri mosque verdict which acquitted him and 31 others of involvement in the destruction of the shrine 28 years ago. Pradesh BJP president Bansidhar Bhagat said, “Truth has finally won.” “The special court’s verdict acquitting senior leaders deserves to be welcomed. Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot termed …

Liberhan Commission Termed Babri Demolition Result of 'Great Painstaking Preparation & Pre-planning'
4 years, 5 months ago

Liberhan Commission Termed Babri Demolition Result of 'Great Painstaking Preparation & Pre-planning'

News 18  

The acquittal of 32 accused in the Babri mosque demolition case by a special CBI court on Wednesday runs contrary to the findings of Justice MS Liberhan Commission, which had termed the bringing down of the structure a result of "great painstaking preparation and pre-planning". The one-man commission of a sitting judge Liberhan was set up on December 16, 1992 …

All 32 acquitted in Babri demolition case due to 'lack of proof'; defence claims Singhal, Advani tried to save structure
4 years, 5 months ago

All 32 acquitted in Babri demolition case due to 'lack of proof'; defence claims Singhal, Advani tried to save structure

Firstpost  

The court said that the demolition was not pre-planned and that the people who demolished the mosque were ‘anti-national elements’. Court says accused tried to stop mob from attacking structure Delivering the verdict on the day of his retirement, as special Judge SK Yadav began reading the 2,000-page order on Wednesday, he observed that evidence against the accused was not …

Babri Masjid demolition case | Sangh, BJP hail verdict
4 years, 5 months ago

Babri Masjid demolition case | Sangh, BJP hail verdict

The Hindu  

The BJP and other organisations of the Sangh Parivar welcomed the acquittal of the 32 accused in the Babri Masjid demolition case by a special CBI court in Lucknow on Wednesday, with senior leader and one of the main accused in the case, L.K. Advani, stating that it vindicated “personal and BJP’s belief and commitment towards the Ram Janmabhoomi movement.” …

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