The Supreme Court on Monday, 10 September sought a report from a sessions judge in a Lucknow court on how he intends to complete the trial in the Babri Masjid demolition case involving BJP veterans LK Advani, MM Joshi and Uma Bharti within the April 2019 deadline.
A bench of Justices RF Nariman and Indu Malhotra also sought the Uttar Pradesh government's response on a plea of trial court judge SK Yadav, whose promotion was stayed by the Allahabad High Court on the ground that the apex court had directed him to complete the trial.
The court asked for the report in a sealed cover.
The apex court dubbed the demolition of the medieval era monument a "crime" which shook the "secular fabric of the Constitution" and allowed CBI's plea on restoration of criminal conspiracy charge against the VVIP accused.
There were two sets of cases relating to the demolition of the disputed structure on 6 December 1992. The first involved unnamed 'karsevaks', the trial of which is taking place in a Lucknow court, while the second set of cases relate to the leaders in a Rae Bareli court.
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