A special court in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, on Thursday directed Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) senior leader LK Advani, Uma Bharti and Murli Manohar Joshi to personally appear before the court on May 30.

This court is hearing daily on the Babri Masjid demolition case of 1992. The court refused to grant exemption to Advani and Union Water Resources Minister Uma Bharti a personal hearing.

On December 6, 1992, the BJP leaders had approached the court to seek personal exemption from personal hearing of the case involving in the conspiracy to demolish Babri Masjid.

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) court acquitted all three leaders in 2001 in connection with the conspiracy of plotting in the Babri case.

The Allahabad High Court upheld the allegations during the hearing of the case in 2010. In April this year, the Supreme Court said in its verdict that the leaders of BJP, Shiv Sena and Vishwa Hindu Parishad will face a lawsuit for alleged involvement in the plot to demolish Babri Masjid. The CBI also insisted on keeping the charges.

The Supreme Court had asked the Lucknow Special Court to hear the matter at its daily level, to decide the fresh charges within one month and to settle the case within two years.

At the beginning of this week, five accused surrendered before the court, while Shiv Sena's leader surrendered on Wednesday, after which all were granted bail.

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