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The Supreme Court bench, which sat to look the matter of deferring the Ayodhya verdict filed by former bureaucrat Ramesh Chand Tripathi early today, refused to hear the plea. The matter has been delayed and will be looked upon by another bench as per report of the sources.

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The bench consisting of Justices Altmas Kabir and A K Patnaik said: “It is a civil suit. We have no jurisdiction over it.”

The bench directed the matter to be listed before the appropriate bench.

With just two days left for the verdict to come, Mr. Tripathi had filed a petition in the Supreme Court which asked the bench to defer the verdict till the Commonwealth Games end.

Moreover, the petition also has drawn attention of the court on the fact that the number of paramilitary forces to control the unexpected fall backs in the sensitive area was not sufficient as most of the security forces are busy handling situation in Kashmir, Bihar Assembly elections and the Commonwealth Games.

The apex Court was approached by Tripathi five days after a three-judge Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court rejected his petition for deferring the verdict.

The High Court had also imposed “exemplary costs” of Rs 50,000 terming Tripathi’s effort for an out-of-court settlement of the dispute as a “mischievous attempt”.

It seems that the verdict will come on 24th September and the Centre government has asked the State Government to deploy security in order to avert any acts that destroy law and order.

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