New Delhi, Aug 19: The Supreme Court today refused to stay the trial proceedings in the Ayodhya demolition case at Rae Bareilly but directed listing for hearing next week two petitions seeking quashing of a CBI chargesheet dropping conspiracy charge against Deputy Prime Minister L K Advani, HRD Minister Murli Manohar Joshi and other BJP and VHP leaders. A bench comprising Chief Justice V N Khare, Justice H K Sema and Justice S B Sinha directed listing of the writ petition filed by an advocate Wajahat Ansari along with an application filed by Mohad Aslam alias Bhure, who had sought review of the apex court's order allowing shifting of the trial from a court in Lucknow to Rae Bareilly.

"The writ petition be tagged along with the application filed in the review petition and be listed for hearing before an appropriate bench after one week," the bench ordered.
However, it declined to issue any orders on the repeated plea of petitioner's advocate R K Maheswari for staying the trial proceedings going on at Rae Bareilly.

The respondents mentioned in the petition filed by Ansari included Advani, Joshi, BJP leaders Uma Bharati and Vinay Katiiyar, VHP leaders Ashok Singhal, Giiriraj Kishore, Viishnu Hari Dalmiya and Sadhvi Rithambara, CBI and Uttar Pradesh government.
Bureau Report