The Supreme Court on July 30 declined to suspend the Gujarat High Court order directing the state government to pay for the repair of religious places damaged during the 2002 Gujarat riots. A bench of Justice KS Radhakrishnan and Justice Deepak Misra, however, left it to the state government to formulate a scheme for the restoration of the religious places. The scheme that has been left for the state government to formulate, if it so desired, is on the lines of the one framed by the Odisha government for the restoration of churches that were damaged in the wake of 2008 anti-Christian Kandhamal riots. The court did not stay the portion of the high court observation which blamed “inadequate action” for the damages to the religious places. The high court had ordered compensation for over 500 places of worships in the state on a plea by Islamic Relief Committee of Gujarat (IRCG), an NGO. The NGO had contended that 535 religious places were damaged out of which 37 are yet to be repaired.
Pay For Damaged Religious Places In 2002 Riots: Sc
The Supreme Court on July 30 declined to suspend the Gujarat High Court order directing the state government to pay for the repair of religious places damaged during the 2002 Gujarat riots.
