Ayodhya case postponed to 10th January

New Delhi, January 4: Uttar Pradesh, Lord Rama s birthplace, where the government was planning to construct Rama Mandhir.

The people of Uttar Pradesh are demanding to change the Faizabad district name as Ayodhya because the city Ayodhya is located in UP s Faizabad district and is at the center of the Ram mandir dispute. Now the Supreme Court passed on order based on this.

Though the court number 1 was jam-packed with lawyers and journalists in anticipation of some orders for a day-to-day hearing of Ayodhya dispute, a bench led by CJI Ranjan Gogoi made it a 15-second affair by reading out the order - "further orders will be passed by an appropriate bench on January 10". Senior advocates Harish Salve and Rajeev Dhavan, appearing for different parties, did not even get the opportunity to make any submission.

On November 12, the Supreme Court had rejected a plea seeking an early hearing in the Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid title suit. SC had last year rejected a plea by Muslim parties to refer Ayodhya land dispute to a five-judge constitution bench and had fixed hearing to commence from October 29.

However, on Oct 29, the SC had posted the matter for "appropriate orders" on January 4.