Ayodhya Babri Masjid Verdict likely to be further postponed today

Chief Justice of India SH Kapadia, along with Justice Aftab Alam and Justice KS Radhakrishnan, the 3 panel judge bench of SC will hear the petition today on Ayodhya Babri Masjid case and would decide whether the verdict should be further delayed or not. It was deferred till Sep 28 which is today restraining the Allahabad High Court from pronouncing the verdict in the four title suits on th hearing on Sep 23.

It is highly predictable that Supreme court will delay it further as the Commonwealth Games are about to kick off and nation cannot take the risk its image if something goes wrong, specially when the foreign delegates are in the capital city already.

SC deferred the verdict in order to give more time for contesting parties to arrive at some sort of settlement after the petition filed in retired bureaucrat Ramesh Chand Tripathi for the delay in verdict; however Central Board of Wakfs, the All-India Muslim Personal Law Board and the All-India Hindu Maha Sabha have pleaded for vacating the stay and allowing the High Court to pronounce the verdict.

If SC gives a nod to Allahabad High Court for the verdict, which is very unlikely, the latter would have 2 days to deliver it as the one of the 3 judges of High Court on this case, DV Sharma, retires on October 1.