1992 Supreme Court Verdict

All states have been asked to submit views to the Supreme Court on 50 per cent cap on reservation for backward communities - enacted after 1992 Indra Sawhney case verdict - as the top court prepares to examine if the reservation celling needs to be reconsidered.

Rajasthan Chief Whip Mahesh Joshi has moved the Supreme Court against the Rajasthan High Court's order, which directs Assembly Speaker CP Joshi to defer disqualification of sacked Deputy Chief Minister Sachin Pilot and 18 rebel MLAs. Mahesh Joshi's plea contends the High Court's order is "unconstitutional, illegal" and against its "1992 verdict in ...

A day after Rajasthan High Court ordered status quo on disqualification notices to 19 rebel Congress MLAs, former Union Finance Minister and senior party leader P Chidambaram said a 1992 verdict by the Supreme Court stated that judicial review should not cover any stage prior to a decision by the Speaker/Chairman.

The Supreme Court today extended the deadline for a special CBI court in Lucknow to complete the trial and deliver verdict in the 1992 Babri Masjid demolition case against senior BJP leaders LK Advani, Murli Manohar Joshi, Uma Bharti and others by August 31.

If the Babri Masjid in Uttar Pradesh's Ayodhya was illegal why were BJP veteran LK Advani and others being tried in connection with its demolition, All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen or AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi asked on Saturday.

The razing of the Babri masjid by right-wing activists in December 1992 was illegal, the Supreme Court indicated today in its judgment in the decades-old politically sensitive Ayodhya title suit. The masjid demolition case, which is pending at a special court in Lucknow, has entered its last leg. Several senior BJP leaders, including party patriarc...

The disputed land in Ayodhya will be given to a government-run trust for the building of a temple and Muslims will be given a five-acre "suitable" plot in the town, the Supreme Court announced today in a landmark verdict in a religious and political flashpoint that has cast a shadow over the country for decades. The five-judge constitution bench de...

The disputed land in Ayodhya belongs entirely to the deity Ram Lalla or infant Lord Ram, the Supreme Court said on Saturday in a landmark verdict that paves the way for a temple at the site claimed by both Hindus and Muslims for decades. A five-judge constitution bench also ruled that a "prominent site" in the holy town in Uttar Pradesh will be all...

Seventy years after the first court case was filed in the dispute post-Independence, the Supreme Court today delivered a landmark verdict in the Babri Masjid-Ram Janambhoomi title suit. The disputed land will be given to a government-run trust for the building a temple and Muslims will be given a five-acre "suitable" plot in Ayodhya, a five-judge c...

The final hearing over the disputed Ayodhya site, claimed by Hindus and Muslims, will begin on February 8 next year by a three-judge bench of the Supreme Court. The decision came out a day ahead of the 25th anniversary of the demolition of the 16th-century Babri Masjid on December 6, 1992 that was followed by communal riots in which around 2,000 pe...

The trial in the 1992 Babri Masjid demolition case by a special CBI court will resume in Lucknow tomorrow, following a Supreme Court order to hear the case on a daily basis and deliver the verdict in two years.

Amit Shah, the BJP's president, has reportedly reassured veteran LK Advani that "the party is with you" after the Supreme Court said the 89-year-old will be tried on more serious charges for his alleged role in the 1992 demolition of the Babri Masjid mosque in Ayodhya.

Senior Congress leader Kapil Sibal termed "historic" the ruling of the Supreme Court on Wednesday restoring criminal conspiracy charge against top BJP leaders in the 1992 Babri Masjid demolition case.

Veteran BJP leaders LK Advani and Murli Manohar Joshi met this evening, hours after the Supreme Court ruled that they will be tried on conspiracy charges for their alleged role in the demolition of the Babri Masjid mosque in 1992 in Ayodhya. Along with them, Union Minster Uma Bharti and other party seniors like Vinay Katiyar now also face more seri...

Union Minister Uma Bharti has cancelled the visit to Ayodhya in Uttar Pradesh that she had announced a few hours ago. Ms Bharti had said she would leave tonight after the Supreme Court said this morning that the minister, along with other top leaders of the BJP like LK Advani and Murli Manohar Joshi, will be tried for criminal conspiracy in the 199...

All states have been asked to submit views to the Supreme Court on 50 per cent cap on reservation for backward communities - enacted after 1992 Indra Sawhney case verdict - as the top court prepares to examine if the reservation celling needs to be reconsidered.

Rajasthan Chief Whip Mahesh Joshi has moved the Supreme Court against the Rajasthan High Court's order, which directs Assembly Speaker CP Joshi to defer disqualification of sacked Deputy Chief Minister Sachin Pilot and 18 rebel MLAs. Mahesh Joshi's plea contends the High Court's order is "unconstitutional, illegal" and against its "1992 verdict in ...

A day after Rajasthan High Court ordered status quo on disqualification notices to 19 rebel Congress MLAs, former Union Finance Minister and senior party leader P Chidambaram said a 1992 verdict by the Supreme Court stated that judicial review should not cover any stage prior to a decision by the Speaker/Chairman.

The Supreme Court today extended the deadline for a special CBI court in Lucknow to complete the trial and deliver verdict in the 1992 Babri Masjid demolition case against senior BJP leaders LK Advani, Murli Manohar Joshi, Uma Bharti and others by August 31.

If the Babri Masjid in Uttar Pradesh's Ayodhya was illegal why were BJP veteran LK Advani and others being tried in connection with its demolition, All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen or AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi asked on Saturday.

The razing of the Babri masjid by right-wing activists in December 1992 was illegal, the Supreme Court indicated today in its judgment in the decades-old politically sensitive Ayodhya title suit. The masjid demolition case, which is pending at a special court in Lucknow, has entered its last leg. Several senior BJP leaders, including party patriarc...

The disputed land in Ayodhya will be given to a government-run trust for the building of a temple and Muslims will be given a five-acre "suitable" plot in the town, the Supreme Court announced today in a landmark verdict in a religious and political flashpoint that has cast a shadow over the country for decades. The five-judge constitution bench de...

The disputed land in Ayodhya belongs entirely to the deity Ram Lalla or infant Lord Ram, the Supreme Court said on Saturday in a landmark verdict that paves the way for a temple at the site claimed by both Hindus and Muslims for decades. A five-judge constitution bench also ruled that a "prominent site" in the holy town in Uttar Pradesh will be all...

Seventy years after the first court case was filed in the dispute post-Independence, the Supreme Court today delivered a landmark verdict in the Babri Masjid-Ram Janambhoomi title suit. The disputed land will be given to a government-run trust for the building a temple and Muslims will be given a five-acre "suitable" plot in Ayodhya, a five-judge c...

The final hearing over the disputed Ayodhya site, claimed by Hindus and Muslims, will begin on February 8 next year by a three-judge bench of the Supreme Court. The decision came out a day ahead of the 25th anniversary of the demolition of the 16th-century Babri Masjid on December 6, 1992 that was followed by communal riots in which around 2,000 pe...

The trial in the 1992 Babri Masjid demolition case by a special CBI court will resume in Lucknow tomorrow, following a Supreme Court order to hear the case on a daily basis and deliver the verdict in two years.

Amit Shah, the BJP's president, has reportedly reassured veteran LK Advani that "the party is with you" after the Supreme Court said the 89-year-old will be tried on more serious charges for his alleged role in the 1992 demolition of the Babri Masjid mosque in Ayodhya.

Senior Congress leader Kapil Sibal termed "historic" the ruling of the Supreme Court on Wednesday restoring criminal conspiracy charge against top BJP leaders in the 1992 Babri Masjid demolition case.

Veteran BJP leaders LK Advani and Murli Manohar Joshi met this evening, hours after the Supreme Court ruled that they will be tried on conspiracy charges for their alleged role in the demolition of the Babri Masjid mosque in 1992 in Ayodhya. Along with them, Union Minster Uma Bharti and other party seniors like Vinay Katiyar now also face more seri...

Union Minister Uma Bharti has cancelled the visit to Ayodhya in Uttar Pradesh that she had announced a few hours ago. Ms Bharti had said she would leave tonight after the Supreme Court said this morning that the minister, along with other top leaders of the BJP like LK Advani and Murli Manohar Joshi, will be tried for criminal conspiracy in the 199...