New Delhi: The mediation panel in the Ayodhya land dispute case will submit a status report in a sealed cover on Thursday, in compliance with the Supreme Court's earlier order.
A five-judge constitution bench, headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi, said that after perusing the report filed by the mediation panel, it will take a call on August 2, whether a hearing is required in the case.
The mediation panel is headed by former apex court judge F M I Kalifulla, and also includes spiritual leader Sri Sri Ravi Shankar and senior advocate Sriram Panchu.
The top court had fixed the seat for the mediation process in Faizabad of Uttar Pradesh, around 7 km from Ayodhya, and said adequate arrangements, including those related to the venue of the mediation, place of stay of the mediators, their security and travel, should be arranged forthwith by the state government so that the proceedings could commence immediately.
About 14 appeals have been filed in the apex court against the 2010 Allahabad High Court judgment, delivered in four civil suits, that the 2.77-acre land in Ayodhya be partitioned equally among the three parties -- the Sunni Waqf Board, the Nirmohi Akhara and Ram Lalla.
On December 6, 1992, the Babri Masjid, constructed at the disputed site in the 16th century by Shia Muslim Mir Baqi, was demolished.
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