SC must fast track hearing in Ayodhya title suit: Prasad
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Union Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad has appealed to the Supreme Court to fast-track the hearing in Ayodhya title suit, stressing if it could happen in Sabarimala issue, it can be done to resolve this long-pending matter as well.
Prasad said, "I appeal to SC in my personal capacity to hear the Ram Janmabhoomi issue like fast-track court for prompt disposal of the case."
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Sabarimala dealt swiftly, why not Ram Janmabhoomi: Prasad
Inaugurating the 15th National Conference of the Akhil Bharatiya Adhivakta Parishad in Lucknow yesterday, the Union minister asked, "When the Supreme Court can give its verdict on the Sabarimala Temple case promptly, why is the Ram Janmabhoomi issue pending for the past 70 years."
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Why must we worship Babar, asks Prasad citing Constitution copy
"Why must we worship Babar," Prasad asked.
Citing a Constitution copy, he said, "There is a mention of Ram, Krishna as well as Akbar but there is no mention of Babar... But if we talk about such things in the country, a different kind of controversy is raised."
He also talked about bringing an all-India judicial services system for appointment of judges in future.
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Ensure cases related to poor heard promptly: Prasad to Parishad
He appealed to the members of Adhivakta Parishad to ensure that cases related to the poor and needy people were heard promptly.
The apex court is scheduled to take up a batch of petitions for hearing in the Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid title dispute case on January 4.
The matter is listed before a bench comprising Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi and Justice S K Kaul.
HC judgment
Three-judge bench would hear as many as 14 appeals
The bench is likely to constitute a three-judge bench for hearing as many as 14 appeals filed against the 2010 Allahabad High Court judgment, delivered in four civil suits that the 2.77-acre land be partitioned equally among three parties, the Sunni Waqf Board, the Nirmohi Akhara and Ram Lalla.
They agreed that the portion under the central dome should be allotted to Hindus.