Apart from (i) launching a vicious vengeful move against three most visible faces from those who fought relentlessly for justice for the victims of 2002 Gujarat pogrom executed in the wake of the horrific Godhra carnage under the watch of Modi-led BJP government in the state and (ii) sending a chilling message to one and all that henceforth even going to the courts - let alone taking part in street protests, for redressal of even the worst kind of atrocities by the high and mighty would carry its own attendant (grave) risks, *capitalising on the subject judgement, the Union Home Minister, almost instantaneously, inaugurated the launch of a campaign to overwrite the torrent of allegations by diverse entities- ranging from private individuals to venerable institutions including the National Human Rights Commission, the Supreme Court itself, various global human rights bodies and even foreign governments - of inaction, complicity and worse against the then state government and its leader with a new narrative of "conspiracy" by a handful of conspirators backed up by yet unnamed ones - which the SIT is now slated to unearth, to tarnish the image of Modi, Gujarat and India. Quite in tandem and, perhaps, in anticipation, the portions on the Gujarat riots had only recently been dropped from the NCERT history textbooks.*
*This third dimension we must not lose sight of.* And, of course, the "chronology". <<The relevant para from the judgment as mentioned in the letter reads thus: “… *At the end of the day, it appears to us that a coalesced effort of the disgruntled officials of the State of Gujarat along with others was to create sensation by making revelations which were false to their own knowledge. The falsity of their claims had been fully exposed by the SIT after a thorough investigation. Intriguingly, the present proceedings have been pursued for last 16 years (from submission of complaint dated 8.6.2006 running into 67 pages and then by filing protest petition dated 15.4.2013 running into 514 pages) including with the audacity to question the integrity of every functionary involved in the process of exposing the devious stratagem adopted (to borrow the submission of learned counsel for the SIT), to keep the pot boiling, obviously, for ulterior design. As a matter of fact, all those involved in such abuse of process, need to be in the dock and proceeded with in accordance with law.*>> (Excerpted from: < https://www.livelaw.in/news-updates/letter-chief-justice-of-india-suo-moto-clarify-zakia-jafri-judgment-adverse-consequences-202646 >.) <<The said paragraph, in our view, was not intended to have any legal consequence whatsoever. It is settled law, that any adverse action against a person can be commenced only after giving due notice. The court has neither issued notice of perjury nor contempt, to anyone in these proceedings. In fact, the court has issued no specific notice whatsoever, warning of any adverse consequences. ... "We refuse to believe that our Supreme Court really intended, to sanction in advance, the course of retribution that the current government has chosen to pursue. Even during the emergency, the Supreme Court did not imprison those who sought to use legal processes, by appealing to it. The court may have failed to stand up for the citizen in ADM Jabalpur, but it did not kick down those who chose to fight for citizens’ causes in court.” We call upon the court, to suo-motu clarify that the above-quoted paragraph in its judgment, was not intended to have any adverse consequences whatsoever. The absence of such clarification may lead to further consequences when bail is sought, by those whom we believe to have been unjustly imprisoned.>> (Ref.: < https://thewire.in/rights/chilling-message-supreme-court-teesta-setalvad-arrest >.) -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Green Youth Movement" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/greenyouth/CACEsOZi6wB3VOKcLDZW_d-fn_FVY%2Bv1xjnPva2yQHOu3vvrNAw%40mail.gmail.com.
