Ahead of the landmark verdict in the politically-sensitive Ramjanma bhoomi-Babri Masjid land dispute case on Saturday, Chief Justice of India (CJI) Ranjan Gogoi's security has been upgraded to Z-plus. Justice Gogoi, who is due to retire on November 17, heads the five-member Constitution bench that concluded hearing the case on October 16.

The other members of the bench are Justices SA Bobde, DYChandrachud, Ashok Bhushan and SA Nazeer. According to reports, their security cover has been upgraded as well. The Z-plus security cover - one of the highestin the country -  is provided by one ofthe Central Armed Police Forces (CAPFs), preferably the Central Reserve PoliceForce (CRPF).

The Supreme Court will pronounce its historic judgement inthe decades-old Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid land dispute case today. Thelandmark verdict will be delivered at 10:30 am.

The top court will deliver its verdict on a batch of petitions challenging September 30, 2010, Allahabad High Court order, whichtrifurcated the 2.77 acres disputed land between the Nirmohi Akhara, the Uttar Pradesh Sunni Central Waqf Board, and Ramlalla Virajman.

The case was heard by a five-judge Constitution Benchcomprising Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi, Justices S A Bobde, D Y Chandrachud,Ashok Bhushan, and S Abdul Nazeer for a marathon 40 days on a day-to-day basisand reserved its order on October 16.

Hearing in the case commenced on August 6 after thecourt-appointed mediation panel, comprising of spiritual leader Sri Sri RaviShankar and Justice (retired) FMI Kalifullah and senior advocate and renownedmediator Sriram Panchu failed to arrive at an out-of-court settlement in thecase.

The 40-day long proceedings turned out to be thesecond-longest hearing in the history of the Supreme Court, after the historicKesavananda Bharati case which went on for 68 days.

On Friday, Justice Gogoi held an hour-long meeting with UPChief Secretary Rajendra Kumar Tiwari and Director General of Police Om PrakashSingh who apprised him about the security arrangements made to maintain law andorder in the state.

Multi-layered security arrangements have been put in placein Ayodhya, which has been turned into a fortress with the deployment of 60companies (90-125 personnel each) of the PAC and paramilitary forces. Dronesand CCTV cameras will also be used to monitor the situation ahead of theverdict.