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SC's poser to Mayawati on Dalit statue row
Updated on Tuesday, January 19, 2010, 22:08 IST
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday asked the Mayawati government
in Uttar Pradesh why the apex court should not intervene when
"astronomical and inconscionable" amounts of public money is being
spent on construction of the Rs 2,600 memorials and statues of Dalit
icons in Lucknow.
A bench of Justices H S Bedi and A K Patnaik disagreed with the
argument of senior counsel Harish Salve appearing for the state that
courts cannot interfere in such matters as it was purely an executive
function.
The apex court asked the government whether it should remain a silent
spectator if public money for instance meant for construction of
primary schools or hospitals is diverted for erecting such memorials.
"Supposing you spend astronomical and unconscionable amount, should
the court not say anything in this regard? There is no difficulty if
your are constructing memorials. But what matters is the huge amount
spent on it.
"Supposing funds are meant for a purpose but are being diverted,
should we not interfere?" the bench told the UP government.
Salve argued the petition filed by the NGO Gomtinagar Kalyan Sanstha
and certain others were not maintainable as it was within the rights
of the government to spend its budgetary allocation.
He submitted the petition amounted to challenging the appropriation
bill passed by the state legislature and was an attempt to pit one
Constitutional wing against the other.
PTI
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