NEW DELHI, May 9 - The Supreme Court constituted three-member mediation committee, tasked with exploring the possibility of an amicable settlement in the decades-old, politically sensitive, Ayodhya�s Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid land dispute case, has submitted its interim report in a sealed cover.
Sources aware of the development said the interim report was filed with the apex court Registry on May 6, and the matter has been listed for hearing on Friday.
The apex court on March 8 had referred the matter to mediation for exploring the possibility of an amicable settlement.
It had appointed former apex court judge FM I Kalifulla, spiritual guru and founder of Art of Living foundation Sri Sri Ravishankar and senior advocate Sriram Panchu, a renowned mediator, as members of the mediation committee.
A five-judge Constitution bench comprising Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi and Justices SA Bobde, DY Chandrachud, Ashok Bhushan and S Abdul Nazeer will now peruse
the report and decide the future course of action.
The matter will come up for the first time on Friday since the March 8 order of the top court. It had said that the mediation process would commence within a week and the panel would submit the progress report within four weeks.
The panel was asked by the apex court to hold in-camera proceedings and complete them within eight weeks.
The Constitution bench had said that it does not find any �legal impediment� to make a reference to mediation for a possible settlement of the dispute. � PTI
NEW DELHI, May 9 - The Supreme Court constituted three-member mediation committee, tasked with exploring the possibility of an amicable settlement in the decades-old, politically sensitive, Ayodhya�s Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid land dispute case, has submitted its interim report in a sealed cover.
Sources aware of the development said the interim report was filed with the apex court Registry on May 6, and the matter has been listed for hearing on Friday.
The apex court on March 8 had referred the matter to mediation for exploring the possibility of an amicable settlement.
It had appointed former apex court judge FM I Kalifulla, spiritual guru and founder of Art of Living foundation Sri Sri Ravishankar and senior advocate Sriram Panchu, a renowned mediator, as members of the mediation committee.
A five-judge Constitution bench comprising Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi and Justices SA Bobde, DY Chandrachud, Ashok Bhushan and S Abdul Nazeer will now peruse
the report and decide the future course of action.
The matter will come up for the first time on Friday since the March 8 order of the top court. It had said that the mediation process would commence within a week and the panel would submit the progress report within four weeks.
The panel was asked by the apex court to hold in-camera proceedings and complete them within eight weeks.
The Constitution bench had said that it does not find any �legal impediment� to make a reference to mediation for a possible settlement of the dispute. � PTI
