babri masjid demolition

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The petition was filed by Haji Mahboob and Sayyad Akhlaq of Ayodhya on January 8, 2020 – the two CBI witnesses who saw the babri masjid demolition as their houses were next to the mosque. Their houses were attacked by the karsewaks and burned down after the demolition on December 6, 1992.

The Lucknow bench of Allahabad high court on Wednesday dismissed an appeal filed against the verdict of a CBI court acquitting 32 accused, including former deputy PM LK Advani, former CM Kalyan Singh, former Union ministers MM Joshi and Uma Bharti, Ram temple trust general secretary Champat Rai, and MP Brij Bhushan Saran Singh, in the babri masjid demolition case.

The Lucknow bench of the Allahabad high court on Monday will hear the petition challenging the acquittal of babri masjid demolition accused, including LK Advani, Uma Bharti, Champat Rai, Vinay Katiyar, Murli Manohar Joshi, Ritambhara and other senior BJP and RSS leaders.

A section of Muslim clerics and peace activists marked the 18th anniversary of the babri masjid demolition on Monday with special azaan and protest meetings.

The verdict in the babri masjid demolition case evoked varied reactions from Muslim litigants in the Ayodhya title suit, but both communities in the temple town took the judgment in their stride in their greater desire for peace and final closure.

A police team led by Madurai city police commissioner S Davidson Devasirvatham reviewed security measures at the Meenakshi Amman Temple on Tuesday in view of the anniversary of the babri masjid demolition which falls on December 6.

City BJP chief Ashish Shelar on Wednesday said it would have been better had state minister and former party state president Chandrakant Patil not made any remark on the role of Shiv Sena workers in the babri masjid demolition.

The Lucknow bench of the Allahabad high court will hear on Monday a petition challenging the 2020 acquittal of BJP patriarch LK Advani and a galaxy of other senior functionaries of the party and RSS in the babri masjid demolition case. Besides Advani, those acquitted by the special CBI court in Lucknow include Murli Manohar Joshi, Uma Bharti, Champat Rai, Vinay Katiyar and Sadhvi Ritambhara.

On the twenty-eighth babri masjid demolition day, the city police on sunday arrested as many as 31 protestors for attempting to siege the rural BJP office in Melamadai alleging that the party in power is doing injustice to the minorities in the country.

On Saturday, the eve of the babri masjid demolition anniversary, a mentally unstable woman kept police on their toes.

Security across the Industrial City has been beefed up as a precautionary measure on the eve of 17th anniversary of the babri masjid demolition on December 6.

The Supreme Court on Friday directed a special CBI court in Lucknow to wrap up hearing and deliver its verdict by August 31 in the trial against senior BJP members L K Advani, M M Joshi and Uma Bharti besides some others in the babri masjid demolition case. In April 2017, the SC had directed joint trial against all accused allegedly involved in the demolition.

Police authorities here have made adequate bandobast arrangements to ensure law and order across Bharuch district on the anniversary of the demolition of Babri Masjid on Sunday.

Heightened security measures, including traffic diversions and zone divisions, were enforced in Mathura, Uttar Pradesh, on the babri masjid demolition anniversary. The Supreme Court postponed the Krishna Janmabhoomi-Shahi Masjid dispute hearing. Meanwhile, intensified security checks were conducted in Ujjain, Madhya Pradesh, involving vehicle, parcel, and passenger luggage inspections.

LUCKNOW: Various political outfits in the state have announced to observe the ninth anniversary of the demolition of Babri Masjid in Ayodhya on Thursday in separate ways.

NEW DELHI: The PMO Wednesday said it has not issued any directive to CBI on the reopening of the babri masjid demolition case against L K Advani.

Former deputy PM LK Adavni, BJP veteran MM Joshi and cabinet minister Uma Bharati, along with nine other saffron leaders, would appear before the special CBI court here on Tuesday for framing of charges in the babri masjid demolition case.

"Had the Gandhi family been there in politics (in 1992), babri masjid demolition would not have taken place," Rahul said.

HYDERABAD: Members of the Majlis Bachau Tehreek (MBT) will observe a bandh on December 6, demanding that the government to establish a special court to expedite the babri masjid demolition case so that the culprits who demolished the mosque are punished at the earliest.

The All India Imam Organisation on Sunday said the BJP alone was responsible for the babri masjid demolition.

Mention of Godhra riots, Ishrat Jahan and babri masjid demolition created uproar in the Lok Sabha today with MIM chief and Hyderabad MP Asaduddin Owaisi raking up these issues during debate on President's address.

BETUL, Madhya Pradesh: BJP's chief ministerial candidate for Madhya Pradesh Uma Bharti on Friday said she was ready to face any punishment in the Ram Janmabhoomi-babri masjid demolition case.

When a CBI court was pronouncing verdict in babri masjid demolition case in Lucknow, it was business as usual 130 km away at ground zero. The temple town, on Wednesday, in fact was quieter than its sleepy self, barring of course when the town hosts pilgrims on special occasions. It was weekly closure at several local markers. Barring radio sets in few shops, that aired news about the babri masjid demolition verdict, there was none talking about it.