Ayodhya case hearing: Supreme Court may order court-monitored mediation

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Ayodhya Case Verdict in Supreme Court: The Ram Mandir case will come up for hearing before CJI Ranjan Gogoi headed Constitution bench. The court may refer the matter to court-monitored mediation. In its observation, the court said that even if there is one per cent possibility of negotiation, it should be given a chance. “We are considering the possibility of healing relations between two communities,” Justice SA Bobde said, adding that “we, as a court, can only decide the property issue”. While lawyers representing the Hindu parties in the top court opposed idea of mediation, the Muslim parties lawyers were ready it if the mediation and regular hearing on the petition challenging the 2010 High Court judgement go on concurrently. The matter has been pending before the court for almost nine