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  Ayodhya dispute: Who are the litigants

  India | November 09, 2019 8:46 IST

  Who gets the ownership of the disputed 2.77 acres of land? The Supreme Court of India will decide today. A five-judge constitution bench headed by Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi will pronounce the verdict at 10:30 am today. The top court bench is considering petitions against a 2010 Allahabad High Court judgement that ordered the disputed land be divided equally between the Nirmohi Akhara, a Hindu denomination, the Sunni Central Waqf Board and representatives of Ram Lalla, the child deity.

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  Maharashtra no. 1 in cases filed by women

  India | February 14, 2016 14:12 IST

  Maharashtra: Women are litigants in over 13 % of the total over 2 crore cases pending in India's lower courts and the maximum number of them are from Maharashtra, followed by Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal

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  Govt may go for 'pre-trial hearings' to speed up case disposal

  India | July 19, 2015 10:07 IST

  New Delhi: Seeking to speed up disposal of cases, government is weighing the option of introducing the system of 'pre-trial hearings' on the lines of the UK and the US under which the main dispute

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  Oldest litigant in Babri Masjid case passes away

  India | December 25, 2014 15:33 IST

  Ayodhya: The oldest litigant in the Babri Masjid case, Mohammad Farooq, died at the age of 100 in Ayodhya, officials said today.Farooq, a resident of Ayodhya, was one of the seven main litigants from Muslim