Overview
- Chief Justice Surya Kant, with Justices Joymalya Bagchi and Vipul M. Pancholi, said final hearing dates will be set after nine-judge benches already fixed for March and April.
- The bench reiterated its December 12, 2024 order barring registration of new suits and stopping effective interim or final orders, including surveys, in pending cases nationwide.
- A request to pre-emptively stay proceedings in the Ajmer Sharif Dargah suit was declined, with the court indicating it will intervene only if a conflicting order is actually passed.
- Petitions led by Ashwini Kumar Upadhyay challenge the 1991 law on legislative competence, denial of judicial remedy, and the August 15, 1947 cutoff.
- Intervenors such as Jamiat Ulama-i-Hind invoke the 2019 Ayodhya judgment to argue the law preserves secular order by preventing the relitigation of historical disputes.