Further disappointments continue to come from the Court rooms:
<span style='color:red'>Court not inclined to stay Sethu project</span> - The Hindu
http://www.hindu.com/2007/06/19/stories/...700400.htm
CHENNAI: The Madras High Court on Monday said it was not inclined to stay the Sethusamudram Shipping Channel Project, as the matter had already been dealt with by different courts at different stages, and that no court granted interim injunction.
During the course of arguments on a public interest litigation petition filed by Janata Party president Subramanian Swamy, the First Bench, however, said the matter involved issues such as whether the project area had any national monument or whether a breach of 300 metres of the Adamâs Bridge would severely affect the nature of the structure.
When Additional Solicitor-General of India V.T. Gopalan submitted that the 35-km Adamâs Bridge was a natural formation and that there was no trace of any human effort, Chief Justice A.P. Shah said, âeven if it is natural formation, my personal opinion is that they should not be touched.â Reiterating that the court would not interfere with the implementation of the scheme, the Bench, comprising Justice Shah and Justice P. Jyothimani, said the Madras High Court in its wisdom had decided an earlier writ petition in the matter and that the Supreme Court too did not pass any interim order. The project had progressed further and stopping it was not possible, they observed. <span style='color:blue'>Why?????? - so an unjust thing, if progressed beyond a point, becomes justified????</span>
Earlier, responding to an observation that dredging of 300 metres of the Bridge could wait while works on the remaining portion of the project could go on, Mr. Gopalan said such a development would hit the entire Rs. 2,800-crore project. He said 826 organisations had been consulted and their suggestions considered by the authorities before launching the project in July 2005. âThe project has taken shape, has a deadline and contracts too have been finalised,â he said. Some neighbouring nations, which stood to lose due to the project, were interested in seeking that the project did not take off, he said.
Earlier, Dr. Swamy said that before moving the court he had approached all authorities, including the President and the Prime Minister. The Government was not performing its statutory duty of protecting a national monument, adding that the Union Ministry of Culture had not filed any counter-affidavit in the matter despite a notice from the court.
He said the notification for public hearing was issued only in a few districts and that the exercise was to ascertain the feelings of the people.
G. Masilamani, senior counsel for Dravidar Kazhagam president K. Veeramani, asked as to why Dr. Swamy should approach the court at this stage.
The Bench said it would pass orders on Tuesday, after hearing another petition from the Hindu Munnani.
<span style='color:red'>Court not inclined to stay Sethu project</span> - The Hindu
http://www.hindu.com/2007/06/19/stories/...700400.htm
CHENNAI: The Madras High Court on Monday said it was not inclined to stay the Sethusamudram Shipping Channel Project, as the matter had already been dealt with by different courts at different stages, and that no court granted interim injunction.
During the course of arguments on a public interest litigation petition filed by Janata Party president Subramanian Swamy, the First Bench, however, said the matter involved issues such as whether the project area had any national monument or whether a breach of 300 metres of the Adamâs Bridge would severely affect the nature of the structure.
When Additional Solicitor-General of India V.T. Gopalan submitted that the 35-km Adamâs Bridge was a natural formation and that there was no trace of any human effort, Chief Justice A.P. Shah said, âeven if it is natural formation, my personal opinion is that they should not be touched.â Reiterating that the court would not interfere with the implementation of the scheme, the Bench, comprising Justice Shah and Justice P. Jyothimani, said the Madras High Court in its wisdom had decided an earlier writ petition in the matter and that the Supreme Court too did not pass any interim order. The project had progressed further and stopping it was not possible, they observed. <span style='color:blue'>Why?????? - so an unjust thing, if progressed beyond a point, becomes justified????</span>
Earlier, responding to an observation that dredging of 300 metres of the Bridge could wait while works on the remaining portion of the project could go on, Mr. Gopalan said such a development would hit the entire Rs. 2,800-crore project. He said 826 organisations had been consulted and their suggestions considered by the authorities before launching the project in July 2005. âThe project has taken shape, has a deadline and contracts too have been finalised,â he said. Some neighbouring nations, which stood to lose due to the project, were interested in seeking that the project did not take off, he said.
Earlier, Dr. Swamy said that before moving the court he had approached all authorities, including the President and the Prime Minister. The Government was not performing its statutory duty of protecting a national monument, adding that the Union Ministry of Culture had not filed any counter-affidavit in the matter despite a notice from the court.
He said the notification for public hearing was issued only in a few districts and that the exercise was to ascertain the feelings of the people.
G. Masilamani, senior counsel for Dravidar Kazhagam president K. Veeramani, asked as to why Dr. Swamy should approach the court at this stage.
The Bench said it would pass orders on Tuesday, after hearing another petition from the Hindu Munnani.