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High Court summons Advani in Babri case

LUCKNOW, JAN. 18. In a decision that may revive proceedings against him, the Lucknow Bench of the Allahabad High Court today issued notice to the former Deputy Prime Minister, L.K. Advani, to appear before it on February 25 in the Babri Masjid demolition case.

Giving his order on a criminal revision petition filed by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and the former Faizabad District Magistrate, R.N. Srivastava, Justice M.A. Khan also issued notices to the former Union Ministers, Murli Manohar Joshi and Uma Bharti, the Vishwa Hindu Parishad leaders, Ashok Singhal, Vishnu Hari Dalmiya and Acharya Giriraj Kishore, and the Shiv Sena leader, Moreswar Save.

The petitions were filed against the May 2001 order of the special trial court, Lucknow, which had dropped proceedings in the Ayodhya case against 21 respondents, including Mr. Advani and Mr. Joshi. One of the respondents, Ramchandra Paramhans, had passed away.

The High Court today directed the CBI to get the notices published through newspaper advertisements. Earlier, 12 of the respondents had represented through counsel while on behalf of the former Chief Minister, Kalyan Singh, his advocate appeared today.

The next hearing in the case will be held on February 25. — PTI

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