On Monday, the Supreme Court (SC) refused to extend the security of former judge SK Yadav, who gave the verdict in the Babri Masjid demolition case and acquitted all 32 accused, including BJP veterans Uma Bharti, Murli Manohar Joshi, and LK Advani.
A bench of Justice RF Nariman and also Justice Krishna Murari and Navin Sinha was considering Yadav’s request to continue his personal security in view of the sensitivity of the case decided by him on his last day in office.
“Having perused the letter dated September 30, we do not consider it necessary to continue (the) security,” said Supreme Court Justices RF Nariman, Navin Sinha and Krishna Murari.
On September 30, the apex court had acquitted all 32 accused in the case saying there was no conclusive evidence that they were part of any conspiracy to bring down the disputed structure in Ayodhya.
Last year, a five-judge Constitution bench of the apex court had ruled that the 2.77-acre land claimed by both Hindus and Muslims would be handed over to a trust for the building of a temple.
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