Lucknow’s special CBI court, dealing with the Babri Masjid demolition case, said on June 7 that BJP leaders LK Advani, Uma Bharti and Murli Manohar Joshi need not make personal appearances.

The court is hearing the case on a day-to-day basis at the instruction of the Supreme Court and has a two-year deadline to keep to.

On May 30, the BJP leaders were present at the court when the court framed conspiracy charges against 12 people, including the leaders.

—India Legal Bureau