Special court assigned to hear the case of Babri Masjid on 17 December issued an non-bailable arrest warrant against Samajwadi Party Member of Parliament Brij Bhushan and former MLA Pawan Kumar Pandey. Both are accused in Babri Masjid demolition case and were not present when the hearing of the case was going on.
Special Judge for Ayodhya case, Shashimauli Tiwari, directed the CBI to take necessary actions against them. Advocates Lalit Kumar and RK Yadav were present on behalf of CBI while Sudhir Srivastva, 90th eye witness in the case, was also present in the court.