SC to hear Babri Masjid- Ram Janmabhoomi case as land dispute

New Delhi, Feb 08: The Babri Masjid and Ram Janmabhoomi dispute will be dealt purely as a land dispute by Supreme Court. On Thursday, the court asked disputing parties to file English translation of the documents within two weeks before the Allahabad High court.

This decision came after court rejected plea of Sunni Waqf Board and others that the case must be heard after next general elections.

The bench headed by chief justice Dipak Misra said it will hear the appeals on March 14 and clarified that it never intended to hear the case on a "day-to-day basis".

The bench, also comprising justices Ashok Bhushan and SA Nazeer, said it will deal with the instant matter as a "pure land dispute" and indicated that impleadment applications of those which were not before the high court will be dealt with later.