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Supreme Court removes remarks on conversion in Staines case
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Supreme Court removes remarks on conversion in Staines case
By: John Malhotra Wednesday, 26 January 2011, 0:00 (IST) Font
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Supreme Court on Tuesday expunged two controversial statements
in its judgement on the killing of Australian missionary Graham
Staines.
In the wake of criticism over its remarks on conversion, the
apex court bench of Justice P Sathasivam and Justice BS Chauhan
expunged and replaced its observations on Dara Singh's motive
for killing Graham Staines and his two minor sons in Orissa in
1999.
The court removed the sentence - "In the case on hand, though
Graham Staines and his two minor sons were burnt to death while
they were sleeping inside a station wagon at Manoharpur, the
intention was to teach a lesson to Graham Staines about his
religious activities, namely, converting poor".
The statement was replaced with - "However, more than 12 years
have elapsed since the act was committed, we are of the opinion
that the life sentence awarded by the High Court need not be
enhanced in view of the factual position discussed in the
earlier paras."
It also expunged the portion of a sentence that read - "It is
undisputed that there is no justification for interfering in
someone's belief by way of 'use of force', provocation,
conversion and incitement or upon a flawed premise that one
religion is better than the other."
The sentence has now been replaced by - "It is undisputed that
there is no justification for interfering in someone's belief by
any means".
The All India Christian Council (aicc) thanked the Supreme Court
for revising its comments on the Jan. 21 verdict.
“We appreciate the Supreme Court for taking suo moto notice of
the deep concerns over their comments on conversion in the Dara
Singh case. We are thankful that several remarks which the
Christian community found objectionable were expunged from the
record today. This restores our faith in the judiciary," said
the aicc president, Dr. Joseph D’souza.
“We were disturbed initially when the remarks by two Supreme
Court justices gave the appearance of support for campaigns
against freedom of faith. The Christian Council and community
hold the justice system in high esteem as it is the appeal of
last resort when state governments and administration often fail
us. In fact our great respect is why the comments provoked deep
concern,” expressed the Council's secretary general, Dr. John
Dayal.
The Supreme Court last week upheld the life sentence awarded to
Dara Singh and Mahendra Hembram by the Orrisa High Court for
killing Graham Staines and his two minor sons.
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