On December 5, mere days from now, the top court will commence hearing the title dispute in the Ram Janma Bhoomi-Babri Masjid case. On Friday, days before the case comes up, 32 personalities — experts in various fields — have filed a common intervention application, asking the Supreme Court not to treat this matter as a property dispute. The petition filed by Mohammad Siddique on behalf of the NGO Citizens of Peace and Justice (CPJ) also include stalwarts like filmmakers Shyam Benegal, Aparna Sen, and Anand Patwardhan; writer and columnist Anil Dharkar; activists Teesta Setalvad, Medha Patkar, among others. Thus, it is the contention of the Applicants to not look at the present Civil Appeal/s through the limited lens of a land dispute." The applicants submit that it has been the categorical finding of the High Court that none of the parties were able to conclusively prove the title of the disputed property.

Source: dna December 02, 2017 01:30 UTC