New Delhi: The Supreme Court (SC) 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.
"Notice," said the five-judge Constitution bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi at the start of hearing on 18th day in the land dispute case.
The bench has put up contempt pleas for hearing after two weeks.
Dhavan had filed a contempt petition against two persons, N Shanmugam, a retired education officer, and a Rajasthan resident, Sanjay Kalal Bajrangi, for allegedly threatening him for appearing for Muslim parties.
SC on Monday agreed to hear a contempt plea filed by Dhavan regarding the issue.
Dhavan said in his petition that on August 14, 2019, from N Shanmugam he received a message in which he threatened him for appearing for the Muslim parties.
On the other hand, he alleged that he has also received a WhatsApp message from a Rajasthan resident, Sanjay Kalal Bajrangi.
Meanwhile, a five-judge constitution bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi had ordered for hearing the plea on September 3.
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