The razing of the Babri masjid by right-wing activists in December 1992 was illegal, the Supreme Court indicated in its judgment in the decades-old politically sensitive Ayodhya title suit. The masjid demolition case, which is pending at a special-court in Lucknow, has entered its last leg. Several senior-BJP-leaders, including party-patriarch LK Advani, Murli Manohar Joshi and Uma Bharti have been named in the case.