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Senior advocate rajeev dhavan, who represented Muslim parties in the Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid case has claimed that he was “sacked from the case” despite having drafted the Jamiat Ulama-i-Hind’s review petition against the SC’s November 9 verdict. The development brought out the split among Muslim litigants on whether to seek a review of the apex court’s verdict awarding the site to Hindus.

All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) has said it would “continue to work under rajeev dhavan’s esteemed leadership,” as has been the case since 1993.

Senior advocate rajeev dhavan, who has been face of Muslim parties in the Ayodhya land dispute case, on Tuesday announced his sacking by Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind's advocate-on-record Ejaz Maqbool. Hours after Dhavan's announcement, AIMPLB tweeted it will continue to fight the case under Dhavan's leadership and hope that he will represent them in the review petition.

The Supreme Court's refusal to release Sahara chief Subrata Roy on parole to negotiate the sale of prime domestic and foreign assets left his counsel rajeev dhavan "astonished and shocked".

Senior advocate rajeev dhavan was talking of the ill-effects of executive interference on the judiciary and told the Supreme Court on Tuesday that he could get statistics on case pendency in Allahabad high court only after bringing the person concerned with two gulab jamuns and tea.

Sahara had taken $912 million from Bank of China to buy the hotels. Current outstanding loan amount is $831 million.

Hindu Mahasabha's lawyer Vikas Singh was showing a map claiming to locate where Lord Ram is believed to have been born. But, he ran into stiff resistance from Muslim parties' lawyer rajeev dhavan who doubted its veracity. The CJI told Dhavan, "Since the Hindu party is not relying on the map, and if you find it irrelevant...you can tear it off." And Dhawan did.

The AIMPLB on Tuesday was hopeful that rajeev dhavan will represent it when it files a review petition in the Supreme Court on the Ayodhya verdict. Dhavan had earlier said he is no longer involved in either the review petition or the case and claimed he was sacked from the Babri case by Advocate on Record Ejaz Maqbool, who was representing the Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind.

The Supreme Court on Thursday took note of the submission of senior lawyer rajeev dhavan, representing Muslim parties in the Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid land dispute case, that he has been receiving threat messages for appearing in the matter.

The bench said imposition of central rule in Arunachal was a "matter of grave seriousness" and sought the Centre's response by Friday to a Congress petition questioning alleged misuse of Article 356.

After arguing for lifting of the hijab ban in educational institutions citing its essentiality to Islam and women’s right to choice of dress as part of right to freedom of expression and privacy, the Muslim side on Wednesday told the SC that it has become a trend with the majority community to target Islamic religious practices, customs and places of worship.

Dhavan's belligerence during the hearing on December 5 had invited caustic comments from the bench headed by CJI Dipak Misra.

On Thursday, he wrote to CJI Dipak Misra giving reasons "to take back my statement that I would not practice in courts any more".

The Supreme Court on Tuesday sought responses from two persons for allegedly threatening senior advocate rajeev dhavan for taking up the case on behalf of the Sunni Waqf Board and other Muslim parties in the Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid land dispute case

A bench of CJI S A Bobde and Justices A S Bopanna and V Ramasubramanian asked, “How can you not join your place of posting?” His counsel rajeev dhavan said Bassi had challenged his “illegal” transfer to Port Blair and the court in January last year had asked him to approach the authorities against the transfer.

The Supreme Court agreed to reconsider Sahara's plea for continuance of bail to Subrata Roy and two other directors after Sahara apologized unconditionally for the intemperate language used by its counsel rajeev dhavan.

Renowned for his deep analytical knowledge of constitutional law, senior advocate rajeev dhavan decided to hang his robes on Monday citing “humiliation” during the hearing of Delhi government’s case against the Centre in the Supreme Court last week.

The Supreme Court could well have taken a leaf out of its British counterpart’s book before initiating the move to frame media guidelines for reporting sub judice matters.

The Madurai bench of the Madras high court has reserved its order on a petition by PRP Granites, seeking removal of the seal that was put by the Madurai district administration.

The Supreme Court has asked petitioners challenging the waqf laws to present a compelling case for interim relief, emphasizing the presumption of constitutionality for statutes. Petitioners argue the law enables systematic expropriation of waqf properties, dilutes Muslim representation, and restricts legal remedies.