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BJP leaders contradict themselves over
Ayohdya's Babri-Janambhoomi issue in courts
By Khadijatul Kubra, Luckncow
Contrary to the stand taken by Union
Human Resources Minister and veteran Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader
Murli Manohar Joshi before the Justice Liberhan Commission over Ayodhya
issue, party's Uttar Pradesh Government has filed an application before
the Special Bench of the Allahabad High Court that the trial of the title
suits should be expedited by holding day-to-day proceedings. Praying that
"suitable orders may be passed for ensuring speedy trial and final
decision of the suits in the interest of justice, the BJP-led Uttar
Pradesh Government, through its Civil Miscellaneous Application says that
"it is expedient in the interest of justice that the trial of the
suits may go on from day to day so that there is no break in the recording
of the evidence of witnesses as the break in between leads to more lengthy
cross-examination".
The application before the Special/Full Bench, comprising Justice D K
Triwedi, Justice Syed Rafat Alam and Justice Bhanwar Singh says that
"the Full Bench meets for about five days in a month and sometimes in
two months and the trial and the recording of the oral evidence by three
Hon'ble Judges sitting together with breaks of a month or more in between
is likely to take a number of years".
The Uttar Pradesh Government moved the Application on the same day when Dr
Murli Manohar Joshi was in Delhi deposing before the Justice Liberhan
Commission which is probing into the causes of demolition of ancient Babri
Masjid. Joshi in his deposition, among other things maintained that the
Ayodhya dispute was linked to the sentiments of the people and Court could
not resolve the dispute.
The Rajnath Singh-led UP Government in the application says that
"after a long drawn debate on various points between the parties in
the aforesaid suits, the recording of original evidence in OOS No.4 of
1989 which was treated as the leading suit, commenced in July 1996 and so
far only 17 of its witnesses out of list of about 100 have been
examined" and the trial is likely to be further delayed on account of
another change in the Full Bench due to the retirement of Mr Justice
Triwedi on August 27 this year.
Presently, the Special Bench is recording the statement of eminent
historian Ms. Sumera Jaiswal (Hyderabad), who is an authority on Ram says
that Ram is simply a mythical personality. "In case", the State
Government application says, "it is not possible for the Full Bench
to sit form day to day for the trial, the recording of oral evidence can
conveniently be done by one of the three Hon'ble Judges of the Full Bench
who normally sits at Lucknow Bench on day to day basis or even on
Commission by an Additional District Judge sitting at Faizabad as was done
in the case of recording of oral evidence of Mahant Pram Hans Ram Chandra
Das who was examined out of turn on behalf of plaintiff of O.S. No. 5 of
1989 which was concluded quite speedily".
The State Government's stand was in the tune of long cherished desire of
the Muslim leaders who had demanded for long speedy trial of the title
suits of the Ayodhya dispute. Sunni Central Board of Waqf’s counsel
Zafaryab Jilani says that he would have no objection in the court sitting
for day to day as our cherished goal is for a "final decision"
in the land dispute. Their actual stand however would be known when the
Special Bench sits on April 30 to further record the evidence of Prof.
Jaiswal. Earlier, Prof. Suraj Bhan, a former teacher of Kurukshetra
University, Haryana deposed before the court as Sunni Central Board of
Waqf witness. q |
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