Apex court agrees to hear Dr. Swamy in the disputed Ayodhya temple worship case

The Supreme Court today agreed to hear Janata Party chief Dr. Subramanian Swamy in the worshipping at the Lord Rama disputed temple site case.

Dr. Swamy had alleged that authorities in Ayodhya have put unreasonable restrictions on worshipping of Lord Rama in the temple at the disputed site, and wanted himself to be impleded in the case.

A Bench headed by Chief Justice K G Balakrishnan allowed the application filed by Swamy to be impleaded as a party in the matter, and posted the case after six weeks asking the parties to file their affidavits.

Dr. Swamy submitted that irrespective of the final outcome relating to the title deed dispute pending in the Allahabad High Court, the authorities should ensure adequate arrangement for devotees to have a 'darshan' of the idols. Denial of the same was violative of their fundamental rights, he said.

- Asian Tribune -