A special Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) court here on Thursday summoned senior BJP leaders L.K Advani, Murli Manohar Joshi and Uma Bharti to appear before it in the Babri Masjid demolition case.
The court directed the leaders to appear before it in person on May 30.
"The date is fixed for the framing of charges," Vimal Srivastava, lawyer for the accused, said.
The court said the Bharaitya Janata Party (BJP) leaders would get no exemption and must appear before it on the given date, even as they had moved court seeking exemption from appearance.
The CBI court is conducting daily hearing of the December 6, 1992, Babri Masjid demolition case, in which Mr. Advani, Mr. Joshi and Ms. Bharti, among others, are accused of criminal conspiracy. The Supreme Court recently upheld the conspiracy charges framed against them, overruling the Allahabad High Court judgement dropping the charges.
The court on Wednesday granted bail to Satish Pradhan, a former Shiv Sena MP, after he surrendered before it.
