Ayodhya case: CBI challenges Special Court order

LUCKNOW, JUNE 20. The CBI has filed a review petition in the High Court here challenging the Special Court order dropping proceedings against 21 accused, including Union Ministers, Mr. L. K. Advani, Mr. Murli Manohar Joshi and Ms. Uma Bharti in the Ayodhya demolition case.

The petition filed yesterday, has sought a direction against the Special Court's order of May 4, and to proceed against all the 47 accused for their alleged role in the demolition of the disputed structure at Ayodhya.

Proceedings against the 21 were dropped after the High Court held the Government notification transferring their case to the Special Court as invalid since it was issued without consulting the court.

It said the Government was free to rectify the mistake by issuing a fresh notification, but the Uttar Pradesh Government had not done so pleading there is no judicial direction for it.

Meanwhile, another accused in the Ayodhya case, Mr. N. R. Srivastava, the then District Magistrate of Faizabad, has also filed a petition in the High Court challenging the order of the Special Court, which did not grant any relief to him.

- PTI

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