Outgoing Chief Justice of India S A Bobde had considered actor Shah Rukh Khan for mediation in the Ayodhya Ramjanmabhoomi dispute, senior advocate Vikas Singh said at the virtual farewell hosted for the CJI by the Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) on Friday.
Singh said Shah Rukh had even agreed, and said the foundation stone of the mandir be laid by Muslims, and the foundation of the masjid be laid by Hindus, but the mediation process failed and so the plan was dropped.
The mediation panel had been set up in March 2019 by a five-judge Constitution Bench headed by then CJI Ranjan Gogoi, comprising former Supreme Court judge Justice F M I Kalifulla, Art of Living Foundation's Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, and senior advocate Sriram Panchu.