Babri Masjid case: Supreme Court adjourns hearing on Advani, others by 2 weeks

New Delhi, March 23 : The Supreme Court on Thursday adjourned hearing on the conspiracy charges against Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders Lal Krishna Advani, Murli Manohar Joshi and Uma Bharti in connection with the 1992 Babri Masjid demolition case by two weeks.
The SC has also asked all parties concerned to file written submissions in the case.
Sixteen years after a Lucknow Special Court dropped the charge of criminal conspiracy against senior BJP and VHP leaders in the 1992 Babri Masjid demolition case on a technical ground, the saffron leaders may be in for some legal trouble as the Supreme Court has indicated that it might revive it.“People cannot be discharged like this on a technical ground,” a Bench headed by Justice PC Ghose had said on March 6. It had hinted at allowing CBI to file a supplementary chargesheet against them.The top court is seized of CBI’s petition challenging the 2010 Allahabad High Court order upholding the trial court’s order to discharge senior BJP leaders LK Advani, Murli Manohar Joshi, Uma Bharti, Kalyan Singh and other. The case against Shiv Sena supremo Bal Thackeray and VHP leader Acharya Giriraj Kishore has abated following their death.
Rajasthan Governor Kalyan Singh was Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister when the disputed structure at Ayodhya was demolished by thousands of ‘kar sevaks’ despite the state government’s undertaking given to the top court to protect it.Hindus believe that Lord Ram was born at the spot where the mosque stood and the BJP, VHP and Bajrang Dal want to build a temple at the place where a makeshift temple exists at present.When the Bench suggested that the two cases relating to demolition pending in Rae Bareli and Lucknow should be clubbed and heard in Lucknow, advocates representing the BJP leaders opposed it.