In another "routine" reminder to Delhi government over the Parliament House attack convict Afzal Guru mercy petition case, the Centre has asked it to send its "opinion" to the Union home ministry so that the matter can be processed before being finally sent to the President for consideration. A senior home ministry official said: "A letter to this effect was sent to the home department of the Delhi government nearly a month back. The content of the letter was almost similar to the over 10 such reminders sent in the past including one sent in January this year." He said: "The ministry has been sending reminders to the Delhi government every threefour months ever since the mercy petition was filed in 2006." Officials in the ministry, however, remained tightlipped as to why the Delhi government has so far not been able to process the file. They merely said the city government was supposed to submit its opinion after processing all the papers relating to the court judgments trial cort, high court and Supreme Court as well as reports of his conduct from the Tihar Jail where he is lodged. Afzal was awarded the death sentence by the local court in Delhi on 18-12-2002 after being convicted of conspiracy to attack Parliament on December 13,2001
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Unrealistic judicial activism leading to Naxalism: Moily
The Union law minister Veerappa Moily on Monday asked the judiciary to restrain from admitting PILs and said "unrealistic judicial activism on the part of the judges is one of the main reasons for increased Naxalism in the country". Talking to reporters here, he said the Supreme Court judgment in the Goda varman case, which in his words was against the ground realities and prevailing conditions in the forests, led to the displacement of a large number of tribals forcing them to join Maoist groups. "If the court had exhibited restraint and gone according to ground realities, today the situation in the forests would have been totally different," he said, adding that even the new Supreme Court CJ had raised the point. In the Godavarman case, the SC had expanded the scope of the term "forest" and included within its scope forests mentioned in the government record as well as forests in the dictionary meaning irrespective of the nature of ownership and classification on December 12,1996. Moily said his concern was that when judges admit PILs and deliver judgments, they should be realistic and go by the ground realities instead of believing arguments. He echoed Congress leader Dijvijay Singh's on "Salwa Judum" and said it was a blunder committed by the state government to deal with the menace of Naxalism. There is no difference of opinion in the UPA government on the issue of tackling Naxalism, he claimed. "The UPA's stand is (that), it should be a multi-pronged approach while dealing with Naxalism. He said UPA Govt. has its own stand and policy to tackle Naxalism and it has no need to depend on BJP's support. "On one hand Maoists, who want to subvert constitution, should be dealt firmly on other hand people and tribals who have joined them should be weaned away by both economic and political actions, he said and denied that Congress was joining hands or seeking BJP's support to tackle Naxalism.
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(source-TOI)
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