The apex court dismissed a plea seeking review of its 2002 verdict allowing trial of cases before two separate courts.
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Thursday dismissed a petition seeking review of its verdict allowing trial of cases relating to the demolition of disputed structure at Ayodhya before two separate courts at Rae Bareli and Lucknow. A Bench headed by Chief Justice KG Balakrishnan held that there was no need to review the November 2002 judgement by which it had upheld the validity of the notification issued by the Uttar Pradesh Government on September 28, 2002, for holding the trial of the cases at two different places regarding the demolition of the disputed structure.
The Rae Bareli court is holding trial against eight prominent accused including senior BJP leaders LK Advani, MM Joshi and Vinay Katiyar, expelled BJP leader Uma Bharti, VHP leaders Ashok Singhal, Vishnu Hari Dalmiya, Giriraj Kishore and Sadhvi Rithambara.