Rae Bareli, Oct 10: A special court here today deferred framing of charges against seven BJP and VHP leaders, including Union Minister Murli Manohar Joshi, in the Babri mosque demolition case till November 22 in view of the stay granted by the Allahabad High Court. The Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court had granted stay on the Rae Bareli court's decision to frame charges till November 04.

Counsel for the accused placed the high court order before Judge V K Singh who deferred hearing on the matter till November 22. Besides Union Human Resource Development Minister Joshi, charges were to be framed against BJP leaders Vinay Katiyar and Uma Bharati and top VHP functionaries Ashok Singhal, Giriraj Kishore, Vishnu Hari Dalmia and Sadhavi Ritambara.
CBI counsel R K Saini said the agency might file a revision petition against the special court's order discharging Deputy Prime Minister L K Advani in the case. Bureau Report