A three-judge bench, headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi, said an appropriate bench would decide the future course of hearing in January next year. The Supreme Court on Monday fixed the Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid land dispute cases for the first week of January next year before an appropriate bench, which will decide the schedule of hearing. A three-judge bench, headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi, said the appropriate bench would decide the future course of hearing in January next year on the appeals filed against the Allahabad High Court verdict in the Ayodhya land dispute case. "We will fix the date of hearing of the Ayodhya dispute case before the appropriate bench in January," the bench, which also comprised Justices SK Kaul and KM Joseph, said. As many as 14 appeals have been filed against the high court judgement, delivered in four civil suits, that the 2.77 acres of land be partitioned equally among three parties -- the Sunni Waqf Board, the Nirmohi Akhara and Ram Lalla. In 1992, the Babri Masjid, which stood on the site, was razed by kar sevaks. That led to nationwide riots. Last month, in a 2:1 majority ruling, the Supreme Court declined to review its own 1994 judgment that said mosques aren't integral to Islam. It said the case, linked to the title suit, needn't be referred to a five-judge Constitution bench. It was then that the court said the civil suit on the Ayodhya land dispute would be heard by a newly-constituted three-judge bench today.