Veteran BJP leader L K Advani said the agitation for the Ram temple was the biggest since India’s freedom movement.

The movement was conceived by Ramchandra Paramhans, engineered by Ashok Singhal and charioted by L K Advani.

The Ayodhya Title judgement is likely to be pronounced before November 17 as Justice Gogoi's tenure as the CJI comes to end on that day.

Advocate Shahid Rizvi, speaking on behalf of Waqf Board Chairman Zufar Ahmad Farooqui, insisted that the dispute of this nature does not need judgement and that a settlement is the best resolution.

The special judge, in a letter written in May, has informed the top court that he is due to superannuate on September 30, 2019.

Senior advocate Rajeev Dhavan made a fervent plea to the Supreme Court on Friday to refer a larger bench for the Ayodhya land dispute case.