Saturday, October 2, 2010

Lord Rama, a legal entity: The Ayodya verdict

ALAS! The Ayodhya verdict was delivered and the 60 year old case has finally come to an end. It says that the 2.77 acres of land will be distributed three ways: between the hindus, muslims and Lord Ram.
The verdict has been welcomed, upheld as a very mature outcome of our judicial process and has surprised everybody atleast with it's reception. Not a single case of violence relating to case was reported that day anywhere in the country.
The queston is, has it satisfied all parties justly, or just been an unequal treat ?
Though not a lot of us are well versed with the law, but this thing hasn't been completely fair, or been fact based, which is what courtroom processions run on, isn't it?

Our judiciary is one of the cornerstones of our imperfect yet thriving democracy. And one of the pillars of this democracy is secularism. The state favours no religion and allows all to flourish. The Allahbad court's verdict, however, seems to have been riding on the beliefs of but one section of our religious populace, i.e., of the hindus and declared that the area under the central dome of the masjid was the birthplace of Lord Ram, who was born about 17 lakh years ago. And the spot is part of the land awarded to Ram lalla, the party representing Lord Rama.
So have the courts made a decision based on the religious convictions of the hindus when the court couldn't even get proper architectural instituitions to prove that Babar even made the Babri Masjid ?
If the hindus have been praying to their diety in the area for time immemorial, so have the muslims over so centuries been coming to the Babri masjid to pray and worship, haven't they ?

They say the Masjid was built against the tenets of Islam. What happened to the tenets of justice in a country that prides itself on being secular and religiously non biased? I'm not mixing my sentiments about the verdict with that of the Babri demolition, but what is clear is that when one ruling centers around 'the exact spot where Ram was born', it's clear that the basis of the ruling is in itself intangible, and unsecular. Both cases are intimately intertwined and now the outcome of the other will be awaited with baited breath. As of now 2/3 rd part to the suit rest satisfied while the muslims remain disgruntled and plan a move to the Supreme Court, and for reasons justifiable.

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