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Supreme Court constitute 5 judge bench to hear Ayodhya dispute on January 10

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New Delhi | The Supreme Court on Tuesday constituted a 5 judge bench to hear the Babri Masjid-Ram Janmabhoomi Ayodhya dispute on January 10.

The Five judge bench apex court bench include CJI Ranjan Gogoi along with Justice SA Bobde, Justice NV Ramana, Justice UU Lalit and Justice DY Chandrachud.

Earlier the top court bench including Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi, Justice SK Kaul and Justice M Joseph had postponed the matter till January 2019 to fix the date of hearing in the Ayodhya title suit. The bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi had said, “It will come up in the first week of January not for hearing but for deciding the date of the hearing. The hearing may be in January, February, March, whenever….also the bench by which it shall be heard will be constituted.

 

 

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Lok Sabha passes citizenship (amendment) bill

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New Delhi | A bill seeking to provide Indian citizenship to non-Muslims from Bangladesh, Pakistan and Afghanistan was approved by the Lok Sabha on Tuesday.

Piloting the contentious Citizenship (Amendment) Bill 2019, Home Minister Rajnath Singh told the Opposition that the bill was not against the provisions of the Constitution and would give succour to persecuted minorities in the three neighbouring countries.

The Bill provides for according Indian citizenship to the the Hindus, Jains, Christians, Sikhs, Buddhists and Parsis from Bangladesh, Pakistan and Afghanistan after six years of residence in India instead of 12 years even if they do not possess any document.

“They have no place to go to, except India,” he said, adding several leaders including first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru were in favour of giving shelter to persecuted minorities in the neighouring countries.

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