New Delhi, September 23: The Supreme Court is likely to hear the plea, seeking deferment of Ayodhya verdict on Thursday.
On Wednesday, a bench of Justice Altamas Kabir and Justice A.K. Patnaik declined to hear the plea, filed by a retired bureaucrat Ramesh Chandra Tripathi.
The apex court had asked the counsel to list the matter before appropriate bench.
Uncertainty on deferring Ayodhya verdict continues as the Supreme Court on Wednesday delayed the hearing.
The apex court has asked the petitioner to list the matter at appropriate bench.
“The matter should be listed before appropriate bench,” the Supreme Court said.
A bench of Justice Altamas Kabir and Justice A.K. Patnaik said that it had no jurisdiction to hear matters arising out of civil suits. Now the matter is likely to be posted before another bench. It may come up for hearing Thursday.
Earlier, the Supreme Court on Wednesday admitted a plea, seeking deferment of the Lucknow special bench of Allahabad High Court verdict on the Babri Masjid/Ramnjamnabhoomi dispute in Ayodhya.
A retired bureaucrat Ramesh Chandra Tripathi had knocked the door of apex court after the Allahabad High court dismissed his reconciliation plea and imposed fine of Rs 50000.
Admitting the plea, the apex court bench of Justices Altamas Kabir and A.K. Patnaik had asked counsel Sunil K. Jain to list the case for afternoon hearing.
Ramesh Chandra Tripathi has sought amicable solution to the dispute in his plea and requested the court to defer the Babri Masjid verdict till Commonwealth Games (CWG) are over.
The Ayodhya Bench of Allahabad High Court is scheduled to pronounce the verdict in decade-long dispute on September 24.
Meanwhile, the tight security arrangements have been made across the nation. The Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati has ordered closure of markets, offices and schools on September 24, 25.
—Agencies