Babri Masjid demolition case 1992: Supreme Court directs CBI Court to announce verdict by September 30
Babri Masjid demolition case 1992: Supreme Court directs CBI Court to announce verdict by September 30
The Supreme Court has extended the date for announcing final verdict in Babri Masjid Demolition case. Previously the date set for CBI courts to conclude the case was 31st August. The special CBI courts have been a playing a major role in this case since June 5th they have been recording statements of all the witnesses under section 313 of Criminal Procedure Code.
In this case on 6th December 1992 the mosque in Ayodhya was demolished by ‘Kar Sevaks’ thereby claiming that an ancient Ram temple stood at that site. Keeping a note of very important fact one must not forget that former deputy Prime Minister L K Advani and BJP leaders M Joshi were also listed among those people leading the Ram temple movement at that time.
Initially special CBI Court conducted the examination of 354 prosecution witnesses. At present there are in total 32 accused including former Uttar Pradesh chief minster Kalyan Singh, Vinay Katiar, Sadhvi Ritambhara, M Joshi and L K Advani. However, Advani’s Lawyer stated that the 92 years old man was falsely implicated in this. He termed this as political conspiracy against him and called evidences as false one. Also, L K Advani, last month himself denied before the special CBI court via video conference call that he was not part of this incident or movement in anyway. Bal Thackeray was also named in this incident but after his death his name was removed.
Further Supreme Court has extended the deadline for the special CBI Court to declare the verdict till September 30 in this case.
The apex court has said in order that “After reading the report of learned special judge Mr. Surendra Kumar Yadav we hereby grant 1 month’s time i.e. till 30th September 2020 to complete all the remaining proceedings as well deliver the judgement”.
By Eshika Singla
Babri Masjid demolition case 1992: Supreme Court directs CBI Court to announce verdict by September 30
