THE Allahabad High Court’s decision on the Ayodhya dispute is a fine blend of vision and realism. By dividing the 2.7 acres of disputed land equally between the Sunni Central Waqf Board, the Nirmohi Akhada and Ram Lalla shrine claimants, the three-member bench has tried its best to leave no room for any more contestation. Read more »
Detractors of exponential mining
October 1, 2010 | Author: csjpgoa
Moratorium on mining needs to be enforced, not the CM’s mineral policy, says Hartman de Souza
While the Expert Panel appointed by the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) to look into the status of the Western Ghats at its day long meeting at the NIO on 27 September, there is every likelihood that its critique of mining will be diluted, if not waylaid. Read more »
‘Fabricated’ mining EIAs slammed at meet
October 1, 2010 | Author: csjpgoa
The environment impact assessment (EIA) reports submitted by mining companies to the ministry of environment and forests (MoEF) came under scrutiny of mining-affected persons and others at a meeting with a Western Ghats’ ecology experts panel at Dona Paula recently. Read more »
Text of Allahabad high court order on Ayodhya dispute
October 1, 2010 | Author: csjpgoa
GIST OF THE FINDINGS by S.U.Khan J.
1. The disputed structure was constructed as mosque by or under orders of Babar.
2. It is not proved by direct evidence that premises in dispute including constructed portion belonged to Babar or the person who constructed the mosque or under whose orders it was constructed. Read more »
Ayodhya verdict: Divide disputed site into three parts, makeshift temple to Hindus
October 1, 2010 | Author: csjpgoa
The three-judge Lucknow bench of the Allahabad high court on Thursday decreed a three-way split of the disputed site at Ayodhya. It declared the Sunni Waqf Board, Nirmohi Akhara and the party representing ‘Ram Lalla Virajman’ (Lord Ram) as “joint title holders” of the property, each with one-third ownership rights. Read more »
HC partitions disputed Ayodhya site; 2 parts to Hindus, 1 part to Muslims
October 1, 2010 | Author: csjpgoa
Sixty years after Ram’s idols were forcibly installed under the central dome of the Babri Masjid, the Allahabad high court, in a judgement running into about 12,000 pages, paved the way on Thursday for the construction of a temple at that very spot which is believed by many Hindus to be his birthplace. Read more »
Divide disputed site into 3 parts; makeshift temple to Hindus, rules Allahabad HC
October 1, 2010 | Author: csjpgoa
The Allahabad High Court today ruled by a majority verdict that the disputed land in Ayodhya be divided equally into three parts among Hindus and Muslims and that the place where the makeshift temple of Lord Ram exists belongs to Hindus. Read more »
$250-mn ADB loan to Goa, 2 other states
September 30, 2010 | Author: csjpgoa
The Asian Development Bank on Wednesday approved a multi-tranche financing facility of $250 million for the Sustainable Coastal Protection and Management Investment Programme which aims to reduce coastal erosion and instability in the western coastal states of Goa, Karnataka and Maharashtra. Read more »
Project proposals worth Rs 96 cr forwarded to Centre
September 30, 2010 | Author: csjpgoa
The state level steering committee for the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission has forwarded proposals worth Rs 96 crore to the Centre, for a number of major projects to be undertaken in and around the city. Read more »
Law soon to regulate real estate in Goa
September 30, 2010 | Author: csjpgoa
It is a well-known fact in Goa that the real estate sector was the most unregulated sector but the state would soon have a law to regulate the relationships between the builders and promoters of flats, housing societies and the purchasers of flats, tenements, apartments, etc as the State Law Commission stepped in and prepared a draft bill to regulate them. Read more »