Big day for senior BJP leaders LK Advani and Murali Manohar Joshi today. The Supreme Court may decide today whether Adavani and Joshi along with other BJP leaders like Uma Bharti will face trial in the decades-old Babri Masjid demolition case.


Today, the court is expected to reveal whether or not conspiracy charges will be revived against Advani, 89, Joshi and Union Minister Uma Bharti. The charge was dropped by lower courts. During the last hearing, the Supreme Court hinted that it won't accept the discharge of BJP leaders on technical grounds.

Vinay Katiyar and Kalyan Singh - the Governor of Rajasthan - were released by a court in Rae Bareli from conspiracy charges in the razing of the 16th century Babri mosque in Ayodhya in December 1992 by Hindu activists who believed it was built on the birthplace of Lord Ram.


The main case against the activists - who called themselves Karsevaks - is pending in the Lucknow trial court. The CBI has challenged the Allahabad High Court order in May 2010 confirming the lower court's decision to drop conspiracy charges against the BJP veterans.