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Supreme Court grants relief to Mayawati on Ambedkar Park issue | The Supreme Court (SC) on Wednesday lifted curbs imposed by the Allahabad High Court, giving relief to Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati to go ahead
with the construction of the Ambedkar Park in Lucknow. The Mayawati Government had moved a petition to vacate the stay on construction activities, saying that
it had resulted in serious problems of maintenance of the memorials. The apex
court observed that "the orders passed by the judiciary on the subject falling
under the domain of legislature and the executive should be ignored and should
be treated in nullity" and the courts should not exceed their "limits". "How can
the High Court pass interim order on the issue relating to the Master Plan which
is not in the domain of the judiciary," said a bench comprising Justices H K Sema
and Markandey Katju, while staying the April 4 interim order of the High Court.
The Mayawati government had triggered a controversy by changing the land use of
35 acres area of Bhim Rao Ambedkar Park and starting the construction activities
for setting up the Kanshi Ram Research Institute. A group of residents had moved
the High Court, which directed the state government to maintain status quo on
the construction activities. The apex court refused to pass any order for contempt
action against the state government for allegedly installing a permanent structure
in the park to organize the birth centenary celebrations of Bhim Rao Ambedkar
on April 14. The Bench also issued notice to Gomati Nagar Jan Kalyan Samiti and
other petitioners on the plea of the state government seeking transfer of all
cases relating to the Ambedkar Park to the apex court and stayed all the proceedings
in the High Court. |
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