In Brief
This is a procedural order in a complex civil appeal concerning the Ayodhya temple-mosque dispute (M. Siddiq v. Mahant Suresh Das). The Court allowed applications for substitution of legal representatives, permitted service of summons on counsel, and directed deletion of respondents as prayed. To ensure fairness, the Court fixed strict timeframes: 12 weeks for parties to translate all exhibits, and 10 weeks for the State to translate oral evidence, with translations to be in bound volumes for distribution to counsel. No further adjournments would be granted for these purposes. The appeals were listed for substantive hearing on 5 December 2017.
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