Ayodhya Dispute: SC extends mediation date till July 31; Daily hearing before 5-judge bench from Aug 2

Supreme Court: The 5-judge bench of Ranjan Gogoi, CJ and SA Bobde, Dr. DY Chandrachud, Ashok Bhushan and SA Nazeer, JJ has asked the Justice F.M. Ibrahim Kalifulla led Mediation Committee to submit the outcome of the mediation proceedings as on 31.7.2019 by 1.8.2019.

Pursuant to the order dated 11.7.2019, Justice F.M. Ibrahim Kalifulla had submitted a report before the Court but since the Court had ordered that the proceedings of mediation will confidential, the bench refused to disclose the contents of the report. However, taking into account what has been brought to its notice by the said report, the Court fixed the daily hearing of the cases from 2.8.2019.

[M. Siddiq v. Mahant Suresh Das, 2019 SCC OnLine SC 844, order dated 11.07.2019]

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