CJI Chandrachud, former CJIs Ranjan Gogoi and SA Bobde, and former judges Ashok Bhushan and S Abdul Nazeer are invited for the event.
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Five Supreme Court judges including present CJI DY Chandrachud, who were part of the Constitution Bench that paved the way for the construction of the Ram Temple at the disputed site in Ayodhya, are invited as state guests to witness the consecration ceremony on 22 January.
Besides the present CJI, former CJIs Ranjan Gogoi and SA Bobde, and former judges Ashok Bhushan and S Abdul Nazeer were part of the Bench which delivered the historic verdict on 9 November 2019.
The unanimous and anonymous verdict had backed the construction of a Ram Temple by a government trust at the disputed site in Ayodhya and ruled that an alternative five-acre plot must be found for a mosque in the Hindu holy town.
The Uttar Pradesh government’s list of invitees also includes over 50 jurists, including former chief justices, judges, and top lawyers, as well as K Parasaran, the counsel for “Ram Lalla”.
Solicitor General Tushar Mehta and former Attorney General KK Venugopal are also among the invitees.
According to the temple trust, over 7,000 people, including politicians, celebrities, industrialists, and saints are slated to attend the ceremony.
The invitation has been sent by the special secretary protocol of Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath.
The Ram Mandir consecration ceremony will be held on 22 January with the ‘Pran Pratishtha’ of the idol of Ram Lalla in the still-under-construction temple in Ayodhya.
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