Dear Josebab, I agree that the judgment is confusing. My only lay sense from what I could glean from it is that it is an imperfect compromise. What I would have liked to see is if the judges had found a way to make some ruling that would prevent Hindu extremists and others like them from demolishing existing historical or religious structures in the future.
Cheers, Santosh --- On Mon, 10/11/10, J. Colaco < jc> <[email protected]> wrote: > > My dear Santoshbab, > > The only judgment which is relatively organised and > readable is that > of Justice Khan. The other two have made a good falooda > between the > Land rights and Beliefs. > > I am not so sure that the Lemon was bad. The Lemonade is > certainly > confusing. Whether the judgment is based on the Law of the > land - > should probably be best decided by the Supreme Court. > > As I probably mentioned before, I am wondering about the > tiny Catholic > church on the Anjediva Island. > > There are two ways of bringing down Heritage structures: > (a) by just > destroying them (b) by preventing their use and allowing > neglect to > take over. > > jc >
