[Marxistindia] AC Must Adjudicate on Matter Before it

[news from the cpi(m)]

March 22, 2017

 

Press Statement

 

The Polit Bureau of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) has issued the
following statement:

 

SC Must Adjudicate on Matter Before it

 

The suggestion made by the Chief Justice of India J S Khehar, asking the
parties concerned in the Ayodhya dispute, to settle the matter through
talks, is superfluous and unwise. 

 

The Supreme Court is to hear the appeals against the Allahabad High Court
judgement on the Ayodhya matter. Instead of doing so, the Chief Justice has
asked the parties to go for an out of court settlement. 

 

There is a long history of negotiations  and talks in the matter. All these
have proved infructuous. The situation changed after the demolition of the
Babri Masjid in 1992 and there was no scope for further talks as one side
had unilaterally taken steps to demolish the mosque. For the higher
judiciary to now suggest talks is to ignore how the law was broken and the
Constitution trampled upon. 

 

It is also objectionable that the Chief Justice has asked Subramaniam Swamy
to consult the concerned parties whether they can hold talks. First of all
Subramaniam Swamy is not a petitioner in the case. Further he has been a
known advocate for removing the mosque and building a temple at the spot.

 

The judicial process is concerned with who has the title to the land where
the Babri Masjid stood. The Supreme Court must adjudicate on this matter
before it and discharge its judicial responsibility.

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