Supreme Court of India denied the petition filed by retired administrative officer Ramesh Chandra Tripathi on the deferment of Ayodhya dispute. The Allahabad high court will now deliver its verdict on 6 decade old issue of Ramjanam bhoomi- Babri Masjid case on 30th September. Jury team of Allahabad court who will decide on the petition will have three members in their panel namely Justice Sudhir Agarwal, Justice S.U. Khan and Justice Dharamveer Sharma.

The Supreme Court’s three-judge bench headed by chief justice SH Kapadia gave a brief unanimous order dismissing the petition.

The judgment quoted the following statement.”Having considered in detail the arguments of the parties, we are of the view that the SLP has to be dismissed. Accordingly, the SLP stands dismissed.”

Law and Justice Minister Veerappa Moily said that The Supreme Court has taken the “right decision” since an overwhelming majority did not want the verdict to be further deferred. During arguments on the Special Leave Petition, the bench questioned the plea for deferment of the verdict.

The Supreme Court decision was welcomed by the main contesting parties to the title suit as well as the Centre and
all political parties including the Congress, BJP and the Left.

Appealing for calm, the government and the political parties said the high court verdict should be respected.