The Ayodhya judgment of November 9 draws on both the polytheism of Hinduism and the modern rule of law, says Deepak Lal.
'Given the growing animus against the Mughals in the Sangh Parivar, only a brave person will be ready to bet that no harm will ever be done by Hindutva storm-troopers to the Taj,' says Amulya Ganguli.
Police teams from Hyderabad and Mumbai are in Lucknow to interrogate the two HUJI militants, arrested in Barabanki in connection with serial blasts in the civil courts in Uttar Pradesh, for their possible involvement in the Mecca Masjid blasts in Andhra Pradesh.
The judge gave the directions after Vimal Kumar Srivastava and Manish Tripathi, representing the six accused, moved an application seeking their exemption from personal appearance for Friday only on the ground they had prior commitment.
The high court order came on a petition filed by Haji Mehboob and Haji Mohammed Siddique challenging the trial court order discharging Advani.\n
'The political fallout of the verdict on national politics is pregnant with incredible opportunities.' 'Post-judgment politics can change the ground rules of election campaigning in the coming decades,' says Sheela Bhatt
The govt said seeking information about the legal position of any case was its 'legitimate right'.
The Padma Bhushan was conferred on 17 personalities including N Chandrasekharan, chairman of Tata Sons, Krishna and Suchita Ella of Bharat Biotech, Cyrus Poonawalla, Satya Nadella, chairman of Microsoft, Sunder Pichai, chairman of Google.
As the case came up for hearing before the Special Judicial Magistrate V K Singh, the counsels for CBI and the defence informed the court that they would prefer to stay away from judicial work as a mark of solidarity with the local lawyers.
The VHP said that those who came to power riding on the Hindu vote and promising common civil code, abolition of Article 370 and constructing Ram Temple at Ayodhya, forgot their pledges, making the Hindu society more insecure.\n
Tells the Liberhan Commission that the charge against Vajpayee, Advani and Joshi of being part of a conspiracy to demolish the Babri Masjid was made out of anger.
Sitaram Yechury said the party will make a detailed comment after studying the order of the special court.
The verdict on framing of charges against Advani and other senior BJP leaders will be pronounced on September 19.
Meanwhile, an opposition sponsored motion for discussion on the dropping of conspiracy charges by the Central Bureau of Investigation was rejected in the Rajya Sabha after an hour-long argument on its admissibility.
It has sought permission to begin prosecution proceedings against Deputy Prime Minister Advani, Union minister M M Joshi and 19 others.
The opposition is agitated over the CBI dropping the conspiracy charge against Deputy Prime Minister L K Advani and some other BJP leaders in the Babri Masjid demolition case.
The right-wing outfit also accused the Centre of working on a deal to abandon the Kashi and Mathura temple issue.
But the deputy prime minister's lawyer denied the allegation saying the accused seem to have been 'tutored'.
The special court hearing the demolition case fixed May 31 for the next hearing.
He, however, refused to say whether Advani, who is also involved in the Ayodhya case, should follow suit.
CBI counsel S S Gandhi, however, said the CBI had, 'oral evidence' against all the eight accused persons, including Advani, M M Joshi and Uma Bharti.
Here is a timeline of the second-lengthiest case in the apex court history:
RSS to interact with Muslim professionals ahead of Ayodhya verdict.
'He couldn't hold himself from chanting 'Siyavar Ramchandra ki Jai'.'
'The BJP is the most progressive force within Hinduism today.'
Vora was admitted to the Escorts Hospital in Okhla a few days ago with a urinary infection. He also had a lung infection and was put on ventilator support, his family said.
The top court, which had earlier fixed August 31 as the deadline for completion of proceedings including pronouncement of the verdict, took note of the report filed by special judge S K Yadav in the high-profile case.
It cannot be that only in this case the CBI has developed a spine, refusing to heed the advice of its political masters.' 'There is something that does not meet the eye here,' notes Virendra Kapoor.
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There is much more than Taj Mahal to see and experience in this historical Indian city.
The SC asked special judge to control the proceedings in accordance with law so that inordinate delay that is beyond the time-frame is no longer breached.
'Do the Muslims of India think that they are receiving justice from their nation and particularly from the Supreme Court?'
The CBI court also ordered framing of charges against the accused in light of the Supreme Court order dated April 19, 2017.
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A group of terrorists struck the house of PDP Kishtwar district president and escaped with the service rifle of his PSO early Friday.
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