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This landmark ruling of the Supreme Court of India is the shot in the arm
for those who have been consciously objecting to this malaise, which
malaise has been allowed to spread far and wide by the political class to
cultivate its vote-banks.
If at all anyone is overjoyed by this landmark ruling, it is the Goa Su-Raj
Party, because this is one of the items included in its far reaching
permanent manifesto 'The Road Map for Goa, released on August 20, 2005.
Apart from the Chapter II (16) [General Policies - Role of Religion in State
Matters, one will find a quaint little item (5) in Chapter IV [Town &
Country Planning] which reads as follows:
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5. Land Encroachment:
Illegal encroachments on all public places/roads and government lands shall
be removed through a special 'Ordinance'. Religious shrines, stalls,
repair-works garages, display of goods and other encroachments on public
roads, streets, foot-paths and public places shall come under this ordinance
and shall be cleared/removed/shifted to ensure safe passage of traffic and
the safety of pedestrians and comuters and in general users of these public
places.
Unquote
The political class will naturally drag its feet to execute this ruling of
the country's Apex Court to demolish or remove this menace citing law and
order situation due to the sensitiveness of the matter. However, since the
SC has gone this far, it has to remain tough on this ruling and order the
politicall class to demolish the illegalities within a set time frame even
it is apparent that the political class which encouraged this malaise by
turning a Nelson's Eye on the goings on, is itself going to be demolished
once and for all for a good measure and learn a lesson that will not be
forgotten in a jiffy.
floriano lobo
Gen. Secretary/spokesperson
Goa Su-Raj Party
9890470896
----- Original Message -----
From: "Goanet News Service" <[email protected]>
To: "Goanet" <[email protected]>
Sent: Saturday, August 01, 2009 9:37 AM
Subject: [Goanet] Keep shrines off public places, SC tells govt
Keep shrines off public places, SC tells govt
NEW DELHI: Treading a cautious path on places of worship springing up
unauthorizedly in public places - including roads - the Supreme Court
ruled on Friday that while existing structures may remain, the government
must prevent such encroachment in the future.
While acknowledging the difficulty in demolishing existing shrines even if
they caused serious traffic bottlenecks, given the sensitivity attached to
religious places, a Bench comprising Justices Dalveer Bhandari and M K
Sharma found nothing holy about them and stressed to solicitor general
Gopal Subramaniam the need for framing guidelines to strictly prohibit
religious places from occupying public land unauthorizedly in the future.
Subramaniam assured the Bench that the Centre would take up the issue with
the states. The Bench asked the Centre to file an affidavit by September
29 intimating the progress made on the contentious issue.
Interestingly, the proposal for framing guidelines came on an appeal filed
by the Centre in 2006, challenging a Gujarat High Court order directing
the Modi government to remove all religious structures, without any
discrimination, that were encroaching on public land across the state. The
SC had stayed the HC directive on May 4, 2006.
When the authorities took steps pursuant to the HC order in Vadodara and
started demolishing a dargah right in the middle of a road, violence and
riots broke out and the Army had to stage a flag march to bring the
situation under control. According to a PIL before the HC, a survey by the
Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation threw up 1,200 temples and 260 Islamic
shrines encroaching on public spaces.
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/NEWS/India/Keep-shrines-off-public-places-SC-tells-govt/articleshow/4844063.cms
