The Supreme Court on Friday gave further time till August 15 to the special mediation panel to come with an amicable solution in the politically sensitive Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid land dispute case.
“The panel wants more time, which we are inclined to give,” a five-member Constitution Bench led by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi said in a hearing that lasted for over five minutes.
He further said that “the mediation panel is optimistic” and the bench is not going to tell “what progress has been made…that’s confidential.”
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In the previous hearing on March 8, the top court had referred the decades-old dispute for mediation and set up the panel, headed by former Supreme Court judge FMI Kalifulla and also comprising spritual guru and founder of Art of Living foundation Sri Sri Ravi Shankar…