The ordinance route is bad, repromulgation worse
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Governments, Centre and State, are resorting to the practice which is a usurpation of legislative power by the executive
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Governments, Centre and State, are resorting to the practice which is a usurpation of legislative power by the executive
The central government has repromulgated the ordinance that establishes a commission for air quality management in the National Capital Region, or the Commission for Air Quality Management in National Capital Region and Adjoining Areas Ordinance, 2020 (https://bit.ly/3duZmHW). This raises questions about the practice of issuing ordinances to make law, and that of re-issuing ordinances without getting them ratified by Parliament.
A special feature of Indian politics is the ease with which turncoats often talk politics. Those who were spokespersons of a particular political party till yesterday will preach the exact opposite on a fine morning, speaking on behalf of a rival party. The public does not seem very uncomfortable with this shift, though it plainly insults their intelligence.
Perhaps, these moments directly epitomise the ethical level of Indian politics. In the eve of the present Assembly elections, there were a large number of defectors across the board. In states like West Bengal, the very contest is founded upon the pre-election repudiations and tactical affiliations. Now, we have to wait for the post-election scenes that can tell us much more on the fine art of floor crossing.
Updated Apr 09, 2021 | 11:43 IST
Along with the ASI survey, the court also ordered the setup of a five-member committee comprising experts in archaeology, two of which, it noted, should ideally hail from a minority community. A Varanasi court has ordered an ASI survey to be undertaken at the site of the Gyanvapi mosque. | Photo Credit: PTI
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Petitioner for the temple s side, Vijay Shankar Rastogi, in collaboration with four others, has claimed that the Gyanvapi Mosque had been built in 1669 following Aurangzeb razing a temple of Lord Vishweshwar
According to the petitioners, the temple that stood there was built 2,050 years ago by King Vikramaditya and had suffered demolition numerous times during Muslim rule in India
The Uttar Pradesh Sunni Central Waqf Board has said that it will challenge the Varanasi court order, allowing archaeological survey to take place at the Kashi Vishwanath-Gyanvapi mosque site, in the higher court. Asserting that the status of Gyanvapi Masjid is beyond question, the Board chairman Zufar Faruqi said the order violates the Places of Worship (Special Provisions) Act, 1991 which has been upheld by the Supreme Court on many occasions. A civil court in Varanasi, on Thursday, had given its approval for survey of Gyanvapi Mosque and Kashi Vishwanath temple Mosque complex by the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI). The court further directed the Uttar Pradesh government to bear the cost of the survey. The ASI is likely to set up a five-member team that will visit the campus soon.
Sunni Board to challenge ASI survey order for Gyanvapi mosque
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Lucknow, April 9 : The Uttar Pradesh Sunni Central Waqf Board has said that it will challenge the Varanasi court order, allowing archaeological survey to take place at the Kashi Vishwanath-Gyanvapi mosque site, in the higher court.
Asserting that the status of Gyanvapi Masjid is beyond question, the Board chairman Zufar Faruqi said the order violates the Places of Worship (Special Provisions) Act, 1991 which has been upheld by the Supreme Court on many occasions.
A civil court in Varanasi, on Thursday, had given its approval for survey of Gyanvapi Mosque and Kashi Vishwanath temple Mosque complex by the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI).