There's been a lot of violence and battles over it; even elections have been fought around it.
I'm talking about the Ayodhya land dispute case. On 16 October, which is the 40th and the final day of the hearing, a Supreme Court bench heard the final arguments on the case. During the hearing, CJI Ranjan Gogoi said, “Enough is enough!” and set the deadline for the final hearing.
The apex court had earlier said the hearing would be concluded on 17 October. Now, the deadline has been advanced by one more day. The CJI is demitting office on 17 November.
Will the Supreme Court pull off what others have failed at doing — provide a solution to this decades-old dispute? We'll have to wait until the verdict to know, but in this episode of The Big Story podcast, we give you a recap of this dispute — who are the parties, what are their demands, what came out of the mediation and, more importantly, what are the highlights from the final hearing? Tune in!
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