Sri Sri had threatened violence, I am hoping he remains neutral: Owaisi

The court has ordered the mediation to use the time available before the regular hearing of the matter during which all the parties to the dispute have been asked to complete the paper work relating to the dispute.

By : ABP News Bureau | Updated at : 08 Mar 2019 01:39 PM (IST)

Sri Sri had threatened violence, I am hoping he remains neutral: Owaisi Sri Sri had threatened violence, I am hoping he remains neutral: Owaisi

AIMIM MP Asaduddin Owaisi

The Supreme Court on Friday ordered mediation to settle the Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid Ayodhya title dispute case by a three-member panel.

AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi on Friday said he wasn’t pleased with the name of Sri Sri Ravishankar being included in three-member panel.

The mediation proceedings would be held at Faizabad and would commence in a week.

New Delhi: AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi on Friday said he wasn’t pleased with the name of Sri Sri Ravishankar being included in three-member panel constituted by the Supreme Court which ordered mediation to settle the Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid Ayodhya title dispute case. Owaisi, however, welcomed the verdict and hoped he the spiritual guru remains neutral in the case. “I welcome Supreme Court's decision. I would have been happier if a more impartial moderator was appointed (referring to @SriSri). On November 4 he threatened violence, he asked Muslims to give up the case as a goodwill gesture or else India would become Syria,” Owaisi said. On Union minister & firebrand BJP leader Uma Bharti saying Hindus shouldn’t be treated as guinea pigs, Owaisi said, “well she should say this to the Supreme Court. Is she trying to say that this mediator is her representative or her ideology’s mediator…she should always talk within the constitutional framework.” The panel will be headed by former Supreme Court judge Justice F.M.I. Kalifulla with Art of Living founder, Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, and senior advocate Shriram Panchu as its members. Ordering the mediation, the five-judge constitution bench of Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi, Justice S.A. Bobde, Justice D.Y. Chandrachud, Justice Ashok Bhushan and Justice S. Abdul Nazeer barred both the print and visual media from reporting on the mediation proceedings. It also barred those participating in the proceedings from speaking to the media. The mediation proceedings would be held at Faizabad and would commence in a week. The order pronounced by Chief Justice Gogoi did not pass any specific guidelines, leaving it to the mediators to take a call, and said that mediators could take any legal assistance that may be necessary. The court has ordered the mediation to use the time available before the regular hearing of the matter during which all the parties to the dispute have been asked to complete the paper work relating to the dispute. (With additional information from IANS)

Published at : 08 Mar 2019 01:35 PM (IST)

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