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Gujarat High Court raps Narendra Modi government
Wednesday February 08, 2012 05:50:22 PM,
IANS
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Ahmedabad: The Gujarat
High Court Wednesday criticised the Narendra Modi government in
the state for "inaction and negligence" during the 2002 post-Godhra
riots that led to large-scale destruction of religious structures.
A division bench comprising acting Chief Justice Bhaskar
Bhattacharya and Justice J.B. Pardiwala made the observation while
hearing a Public Interest Litigation filed by the Islamic Relief
Committee of Gujarat (IRCG).
The court said the state government had failed, showed inaction
and was negligent, due to which the riots happened and,
consequently, religious structures were destroyed.
The court also said that the government was responsible for the
repair of and compensation to such places. It argued that if the
government could compensate for life, it could do the same for
property.
The court also ordered that principal judges of 26 districts of
the state will receive the applications for compensation of
religious structures in their respective districts and decide on
them. They have been asked to send their decisions to the high
court within six months.
The IRCG, a charitable trust, had filed the petition in 2003
seeking the court's directions to the government to pay
compensation for damage to religious places during riots on the
ground that the National Human Rights Commission, too, had so
recommended and the state government had, in principle, accepted
the suggestion.
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