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Babri Masjid case: CBI moves Supreme Court against BJP
The CBI has moved the Supreme Court challenging an Allahabad High Court order that dropped charges of criminal conspiracy against top BJP leaders including L K Advani and Murli Manohar Joshi in the Babri Masjid demolition case.
In its appeal, the agency said that the High Court had not come to the right conclusion and the charges of criminal conspiracy should be restored against them.
The High Court had on May 20 last year dismissed the CBI plea seeking revival of criminal conspiracy charges against top BJP and Sangh Parivar leaders which also included Ashok Singhal, Giriraj Kishore, Vinay Katiyar, Vishnu Hari Dalmiya, Sadhvi Rithambara and Mahant Avaidya Nath.
The other leaders were former Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Uma Bharti and former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Kalyan Singh, besides Shiv Sena chief Balasaheb Thackeray.
In his 44-page judgement, Justice Alok Kumar Singh of the Lucknow bench of the High Court had said there was no merit in CBI's revision petition challenging the May 4, 2001 order of the special court which directed dropping of criminal conspiracy charges against them.
There are two sets of cases -- one against Advani and others who were on the dais at Ram Katha Kunj in Ayodhya on December six, 1992 when the Babri Masjid was demolished, while the other case was against lakhs of unknown 'kar sevaks' who were in and around the disputed structure.
Upholding the 2001 order of the Special CBI Court, Justice Singh had said, "Nothing is found against the correctness, legality, propriety or regularity in respect of any of the findings of the lower court."
Babri demolition: CBI moves SC against Advani, others
The CBI has moved the Supreme Court challenging an Allahabad High Court order that dropped charges of criminal conspiracy against top BJP leaders including L K Advani and Murli Manohar Joshi in the Babri Masjid demolition case.
In its appeal, the agency said that the High Court had not come to the right conclusion and the charges of criminal conspiracy should be restored against them.
The High Court had on May 20 last year dismissed the CBI plea seeking revival of criminal conspiracy charges against top BJP and Sangh Parivar leaders which also included Ashok Singhal, Giriraj Kishore, Vinay Katiyar, Vishnu Hari Dalmiya, Sadhvi Rithambara and Mahant Avaidya Nath.
The other leaders were former Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Uma Bharti and former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Kalyan Singh, besides Shiv Sena chief Balasaheb Thackeray.
In his 44-page judgement, Justice Alok Kumar Singh of the Lucknow bench of the High Court had said there was no merit in CBI's revision petition challenging the May 4, 2001 order of the special court which directed dropping of criminal conspiracy charges against them.
There are two sets of cases -- one against Advani and others who were on the dais at Ram Katha Kunj in Ayodhya on December six, 1992 when the Babri Masjid was demolished, while the other case was against lakhs of unknown 'kar sevaks' who were in and around the disputed structure.
Upholding the 2001 order of the Special CBI Court, Justice Singh had said, "Nothing is found against the correctness, legality, propriety or regularity in respect of any of the findings of the lower court."
Babri demolition: CBI moves SC against Advani, others
