The Supreme Court today said a different bench will on January 10 fix the date of hearing a title suit in the Ayodhya case - pending for six decades and at the heart of India's most politically divisive row. A bench led by Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi announced it in a 60-second hearing. Members of the ruling BJP, some of its allies and right-wing groups want a Ram temple at the site where the 16th-century Babri mosque stood before it was razed by Hindu activists in 1992. These groups have called for a special government order to enable the start of construction before the general elections are announced. Last year, the top court refused an early hearing.
