The Supreme Court on Wednesday had reserved its order on the matter of referring the Ayodhya dispute to a court-appointed and monitored mediation. While the Muslim petitioners were "agreeable to mediation", Hindu petitioners had opposed it.
Prashant Bhushan had filed an application seeking the recusal of Justice Arun Mishra from hearing the contempt petition filed against him by K.K. Venugopal. The application was dismissed by the Court.
The ordinance will restore the original formula to take entire institution as one unit for calculating quota, instead of individual departments as per court order
Congress leader Saifuddin Soz made a controversial statement asserting that he will join hands with Omar Abdullah, Mehbooba Mufti and even separatist Geelani to protest if Article 35A is scrapped or altered.