Supreme Court: The 5-judge bench of Ranjan Gogoi, CJ and SA Bobde, Dr. DY Chandrachud, Ashok Bhushan and SA Nazeer, JJ has asked Justice F.M. Ibrahim Kalifulla, the Chairman of the Mediation Committee, to inform it the progress of mediation till date and the stage at which the said process is presently at, latest by 18th July, 2019. The Court said that it will accordingly pass further orders on July 18.
It also made clear,
“if this Court comes to a conclusion that, having regard to the report of Justice F.M. Ibrahim Kalifulla, the mediation proceedings should be ordered to be concluded, the Court will do so and order for commencement of the hearing of the appeals before it, tentatively, on and from 25th July, 2019, which hearings, if required, will be conducted on day-to-day basis.”
On March 8, the Court had referred the Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid land dispute case, famously known as the Ayodhya Dispute, to a Court-monitored Mediation.
On May 7, Justice F.M. Ibrahim Kalifulla, a former Judge of this Court, submitted a report requesting for extension of time to complete the proceedings. Time was granted by this Court by its order dated 10th May, 2019, up to 15th August, 2019.
[M. Siddiq v. Mahant Suresh Das, 2019 SCC OnLine SC 844, order dated 11.07.2019]
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