NEW DELHI: The five judge bench of the Constitution bench of the Supreme Court, including the CJI, who had delivered the historic Ram Mandir verdict four years ago, have been invited as State guests to participate in the Ayodhya Ram Mandir consecration ceremony on January 22, the State guest list copy, accessed by TNIE, revealed so.
The Apex Court's watershed and landmark verdict, which was pronounced on November 9, 2019, was delivered by the former CJIs -- Justice Ranjan Gogoi, Sharad Arvind Bobde -- Justices D.Y. Chandrachud (Present CJI), Ashok Bhushan and S Abdul Nazeer, who ruled in favour of the Hindu parties and directed to construct the Ram temple by a trust at the disputed site at Ayodhya in Uttar Pradesh. The bench was headed by the former CJI Justice Gogoi.
These five judges were invited as guests on January 22, Monday, at the Ram Mandir temple inauguration, which would be witnessed by around more than 7,000 dignitaries across various arenas. These includes top politicians, retired judges, senior and veteran lawyers, legal experts, actors, celebrities, industrialists, sadhus, saints, playback singers, and many others for thr event, among them.
Among the other invitees; who would witness the significant occasion on January 22, would be: many former judges, former CJIs, Solicitor-General General (SG) Tushar Mehta, former Attorney General (AG) of India K K Venugopal.
It is to be noted that Mehta and Venugopal had argued the case for the UP govt and Centre in the Supreme Court in the Ram Mandir case.
