KN Govindacharya has requested the court that if live video streaming was not possible, at least an audio recording of the hearing should be available for the public.
Advocate MC Dhingra stated before the bench that the disputed Mosque site was a Shia property and the Shia board is ready to give their share of the land to Hindus.
The typical 'modern' Indian mind still seeks validation on benchmarks set by the erstwhile colonial master, which it has internalized so deep within its consciousness that it has come to accept them as not just the normal but also the ideal.
On March 8, a Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court had referred the long-standing Ram Mandir-Babri Masjid dispute for mediation. The mediation panel is chaired by former Supreme Court judge Justice FMI Kalifulla, along with spiritual guru Sri Sri Ravi Shankar and senior Advocate Sriram Panchu.