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| Edited By: DNA Web Team |Source: DNA webdesk |Updated: Dec 05, 2017, 03:46 PM IST
The Supreme Court on Tuesday commenced the final hearing on the long-standing Ram Janmabhoomi- Babri Masjid title dispute, a day before the 25th anniversary of the demolition of a medieval-era structure.
A specially constituted bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justices Ashok Bhushan and Abdul Nazeer are hearing a total of 13 appeals filed against the 2010 judgement of the Allahabad High Court in four civil suits.
A battery of high profile lawyers including senior advocates K Parasaran and C S Vaidyanathan and advocate Saurabh Shamsher will appear for Lord Ram Lalla, the deity, and Additional Solicitor General Tushar Mehta will represent the Uttar Pradesh government.
Senior advocates Kapil Sibal, Anoop George Chaudhari, Rajeev Dhavan and Sushil Jain will represent other parties including All India Sunni Waqf Board and Nirmohi Akhara.
The high court had ruled a three-way division of the disputed 2.77 acre area at Ayodhya among the parties -- the Sunni Waqf Board, the Nirmohi Akhara and the Ram Lalla.
Meanwhile, senior BJP leader Subramanian Swamy on Sunday announced that the construction of Ram Temple in Ayodhya will commence soon and devotees will be able to celebrate the next Diwali there.
A fortnight ago, RSS Chief Mohan Bhagwat made a strong pitch for building Ram temple on the disputed site at Ayodhya, saying only a mandir would come up there and not any other structure.
"We will construct it. It is not a populist declaration but a matter of our faith. It will not change," Bhagwat had said.
