The Supreme Court has sent notices to top BJP and Sangh Parivar leaders, including LK Advani.." />
New Delhi, March 4: The Supreme Court has sent notices to top BJP and Sangh Parivar leaders, including L K Advani and Murli Manohar Joshi, on the CBI’s plea against dropping conspiracy charges in the Babri Masjid demolition case.
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) had moved the Supreme Court challenging an Allahabad High Court order that dropped charges of criminal conspiracy.
In its appeal, the agency said that the High Court had not come to the right conclusion and the charges of criminal conspiracy should be restored against them.
The Allahabad High Court had on May 20, 2010 dismissed the CBI plea seeking revival of criminal conspiracy charges against top BJP and Sangh Parivar leaders which also included Ashok Singhal, Giriraj Kishore, Vinay Katiyar, Vishnu Hari Dalmiya, Sadhvi Rithambara and Mahant Avaidya Nath.
The other leaders were former Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Uma Bharti and former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Kalyan Singh, besides Shiv Sena supremo Bal Thackeray.