SC declines Hindu Mahasabha leader’s plea for inclusion in Ram temple trust

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday refused to entertain a plea seeking a direction to the Shri Ram Janambhoomi Teerth Kshetra’ to include the name of Swami Chakrapani of the Hindu Mahasabha as a member of the trust tasked with the construction of the Ram temple in Ayodhya.
A bench comprising Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud and Justice P S Narasimha took note of the submissions of a lawyer appearing for the Hindu Mahasabha leader and said the petitioner has no vested right to be included in the trust.
The lawyer pleaded the rules have not been framed for the trust so far.
“You either withdraw the petition or we will dismiss it,” the bench said, adding the petitioner may file a representation and pursue it with the authorities concerned.
“If we dismiss the writ petition nothing will happen. You want to be a part of the Ayodhya trust, pursue your representation. We will not entertain this. We don’t want to get into this at all…,” the bench said.
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