The Supreme Court on Friday ordered mediation to settle the Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid dispute by a three-member panel comprising of Justice Kalifulla, advocate Sriram Panchu and spiritual guru Sri Sri Ravishankar. The panel has been given eight weeks by the Supreme Court to arrive at a conclusion and four weeks to give a status report. Here's all you need to know about the panel of mediators:
The apex court had on July 11 sought a report on the mediation process and said that a day-to-day hearing might commence from July 25 if the court decides to conclude the mediation proceedings.
The bench said after perusing the report, if it came to a conclusion that an amicable solution through mediation was not possible, then the apex court would commence day-to-day hearing in the matter from July 25.
The interesting fact was revealed to public for the first time by the Supreme Court Bar Association president and senior advocate Vikas Singh during his address on occasion of the farewell ceremony for the CJI.
The counsel appearing for both the Hindu and Muslim parties expressed confidence over the ongoing mediation proceedings and said they are fully cooperating with the process.
The apex court requested the committee to inform it by August 1 about the outcome of the proceedings held till July 31.
"We are developing Ayodhya in this Kalyug as Ayodhya was in Treta Yug," he said, referring to mythical times.
If a convict is awarded multiple life imprisonment then they shall run concurrently and not consecutively, says SC.
The Supreme Court on Monday stayed attachment proceedings of the properties of fugitive underworld don Dawood Ibrahim's mother and sister in Mumbai.
The Supreme Court on Monday refused to cancel the anticipatory bail granted to Bharatiya Janata Party strongman and former Karnataka chief minister BS Yeddyurappa by the state high court in a corruption case relating to a mining lease.
The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed a plea for a probe by the Central Bureau of Investigation into the alleged disproportionate assets owned by Andhra Pradesh's former chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu.
In a setback for Narendra Modi-led Gujarat government, the Supreme Court has upheld the appointment of Gujarat Lokayukta Justice R A Mehta by Governor Kamla Beniwal.
Stepping in to conserve the big cat, the Supreme Court on Tuesday directed that there shall be no tourism activity in any of the core zones of tiger reserves across the country.
The bench directed that the mediation will be held at Faizabad in Uttar Pradesh and the process should start within a week from Friday.
The Chief Justice of Jammu and Kashmir high court on Saturday rejected the request of the state government to spare the services of a sitting judge to probe the death of National Conference worker Syed Mohammad Yousuf. In a letter to the state government, Chief Justice F M Ibrahim Kalifulla expressed the inability to spare a sitting judge as the number of judges was already inadequate and in view of the Supreme Court rulings on the matter, Advocate General Ishaq Qadri said.
Here are some of the reactions to the apex court's decision.
Sources said the parties have sought settlement under the provisions of The Places of Worship Act, 1991 which provides that no dispute with regard to any mosque or other religious places, which have been constructed after demolition of temples and are existing as in 1947, would be raised in a court of law.
About seven months ago, the Madras High Court imposed an exemplary cost of Rs 10,000 on a social worker for filing a 'frivolous' plea questioning the state government's decision to observe the first day of Tamil month 'Thai' as the Tamil New Year Day. On Thursday, the same person Ramasamy filed a similar petition again, stating that the Supreme Court had not only waived the cost but also permitted him to file the matter afresh before the High Court.
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.
The Supreme Court has asked Narendra Amin, a suspended senior Gujarat cadre police officer, to respond to CBI's plea seeking cancellation of bail granted to him in the Soharabuddin Sheikh fake encounter case.
The Board of Control for Cricket in India respects the Supreme Court's verdict on sweeping reforms in the cricket body and it will work towards implementing the recommendations made by the Lodha panel, senior BCCI functionary and IPL chairman Rajeev Shukla said on Monday.
Former Board of Control for Cricket in India president Jagmohan Dalmiya's widow Chandralekha, on Saturday, said she has been 'deeply hurt' by the Supreme Court's observations on her late husband during the hearing on Justice R M Lodha-led committee recommendations to revamp cricket.
The litigants and their counsels -- altogether over 50 people -- met the three-member mediation panel on the Avadh University premises in Faizabad.
Handed over the reins of BCCI for IPL-7 by the Supreme Court, interim president and former Indian captain Sunil Gavaskar said he will "give it his best shot" while discharging duties during the cash-rich T20 league.
The apex court said the parties in the matter should be ready to start the hearing on the appeals which are before it.
Supreme Court on Tuesday granted bail to Soni Sori, a tribal teacher, and journalist Lingaram Kodopi in a case lodged against them for allegedly receiving money from Essar Group on behalf of Maoists.
The SC also said that if parties to the case want to amicably resolve the matter through mediation, they can still go ahead with it.
The Supreme Court held that the government cannot impose a mother tongue on a linguistic minority for imparting primary education on Tuesday.
Earlier, Justice Lalit had recused himself from hearing the plea of Indian National Lok Dal Chautala's son Ajay on similar grounds.
The Supreme Court on Friday dismissed the appeal of underworld don Abu Salem challenging his conviction and seven-year jail term for possessing fake passport.
Mining companies will now have to cap mining activities in Goa.
'We are going to write the BCCI president to take a call on Srinivasan's continuing as the president of the Tamil Nadu Cricket Association despite the apex court's order'
The Supreme Court on Wednesday said "blanket protection" given to top bureaucrats in graft cases appeared to be contrary to the object of the Prevention of Corruption Act.
If Godse's brother could be released in the Mahatma Gandhi assassination case, then why should the doors be closed for assassins of Rajiv Gandhi, Tamil Nadu Government on Thursday asked the Supreme Court.
The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed the plea of former Haryana Chief Minister Om Prakash Chautala and others, challenging their conviction and award of 10-year jail term in the teachers' recruitment scam case.
The Justice Mukul Mudgal-led committee, which was appointed by the Supreme Court to investigate the fixing and betting scandal in the Indian Premier League (IPL), will submit its final report to the apex court on Monday.
Supreme Court has dismissed the BCCI's plea seeking a review of its July 18 verdict directing it to implement the recommendations of Justice R M Lodha panel on massive structural reforms in the cricket body. "We have examined the grounds urged in support of the prayer for review. We find no error apparent on the face of the record to warrant recall of our order dated July 18, 2016. The review petitions are, accordingly, dismissed," a bench of Chief Justice T S Thakur and Justice S A Bobde said.
The accused persons had approached the apex court challenging the denial of their bail,.
The Supreme Court declined to interfere with the Board of Control for Cricket in India's view on barring Narayanswami Srinivasan from participating in its meetings, saying it is free to stick to its stand that he has a conflict of interest "so long as a competent court of jurisdiction arrives at a decision to upset its view".
The Board of Control for Cricket in India secretary Anurag Thakur on Wednesday said that disbursement of financial grant even in cricket's global body International Cricket Council has always been performance based where the top Test playing nations got more share compared to the associate members.
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