HISTORICAL VERDICT BY THE APEX COURT-POLICE CRACKDOWN ON RAMDEV THE YOGA GURU

THE SUPREME COURT TODAY RULED WITH A VERDICT THAT THE GUILTY SHOULD BE PUNISHED FOR THE MIDNIGHT CRACKDOWN ON THE AGITATING GURU AND THE PUBLIC SUPPORTING HIM AGITATING AT RAMLILA MAIDAN OF DELHI ON 4/5 JUNE 2011. THE VERDICT SAID THEREHAD BEEN NO TRUST BETWEEN THE PEOPLE GOVERNING AND THE PEOPLE GOVERNEDD. IN OTHER WORDS,THE CASE WAS A GLARING EXAMPLE OF MISTRUST BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT& THE PUBLIC. NEITHER THE PEOPLE GOVERNING NOR THE PEOPLE GOVERNED TAKE EACH OTHER INTO CONFIDENCE WITH THE RESULT THE INNOCENT PUBLIC WERE THE SUFFERERS.THE DELHI POLICE COULD HAVE WAITED UNTIL NEXT MORNING BEFORE RESORTING TO THECRACKDOWN. BUT SINCE POLICE HAD ASKED THE GURU& PUBLIC TO LEAVE THE MAIDAN PEACEFULLY,THERE HAD BEEN NO JUSTIFICATION IN NOT LISTENING TO THE POLICE & CONTINU- ING WITH AGITATION. ACCORDING TO VERDICT BOTH THE PARTIES VIZ DELHI POLICE &THE YOGAGURU DESERVED PUNISHMENT& SHOULD, THEREFORE,GIVE COMPENSATION TO THE ONE KILLED RAJBALA AN AMOUNT OF RUPEES 5 LAKHS,THE 25% OF WHICH SHOUD BE TO THE ACCOUNT OF THE TRUST OF THE GURU&75% BY DELHI POLICE. THE VERDICT DOES NOT END HERE.THE SERIOUSLY INJURED IN THE CRACKDOWN & those who sustained MINOR INJURIES ARE TO BE COMPENSATED @50,000/-&25,000/-RESPECTIVELY. THIS MEANS FOR RAJBALA THE DELHI POLICESHOULD PAY Rs3,75,000/-&THE GURU TRUSTRs1,25,000/- res RESPECTIVELY. SIMILARLY FOR EACH SERIOUSLY INJURED,THE DELHI POLICE SHOULD PAY Rs37,500/-& THE RAMDEV TRUST SHOULD PAY Rs12,500/- RESPECTIVELY. AGAIN FOR THOSE SUSTAINED MINOR INJURY,TO EACH, DELHI POLICE SHOULD PAYRs18,750/-&THE GURU TRUST 6250/- RESPECTIVELY THE TOTAL NUMBER OF SERIOUSLY INJURED&THOSE SUSTAINED MINOR INJURIES WILL HAVE TO BE WORKED OUT BY DELHI ADMINISTRATION,PERHAPS,IN CONSULTATION WITH THE DELHI POLICE&THE HOSPITALS WHERE THEY HAD BEEN ADMITTED.THE LIST COULD BE EITHER ENORMOUS OR A SMALL ONE.THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF COMP- ENSATION IS LIKELY TO BE VERY HIGH IF THE NUMBER OF PERSONS ARE HIGH. ANY HOW BOTH THE DELHI POLICE& the trust,in all probability ,WILL HAVE TO SHELL OUT A BIG AMOUNT SHORTLY. AS A RESULT OF THE VERDICT,THE GURU IS SAID TO HAVE DECIDED TO AGITATE AGAINST THE VERDICT ALSO ACCORDING TO REPORTS ON LEADING NEWSPAPERS. THE COUNSEL FOR THE GURU SAID THE CENTRAL HOME MINISTER IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE CRACKDOWN. HOWEVER,IT LOOKS THE COMMISSIONER OF POLICE OF DELHI HAS ACCEPTED THE VERDICT& is in the process of Taking action against the policemenWHO ERRED. SO THE PROPOSED AGITATION ON A DO OR DIE BASIS BY THE GURU IS LIKELY TO TURN OUT INTO YET ANO- THER BIG FLOP AS THE SUPREME COURT WOULD NOT BE READY TO REVERSE THE VERDICT WHICH IS DELIVERED ON VALID GROUNDS. THE OPINION OF THE COUNSEL OF THE GURU TOO WON'T PREVAIL SINCE THE APEX COURT MIGHT NOT LIKE TO PUNISH TWO PARTIES ON THE SAME SIDE SIMULTANEOUSLY FOR THE SAME OFFENCE WHICH HAS BEEN ACCEPTED BY DELHI POLICE.THE CENTRAL HOME MINISTER MIGHT ESCAPE,IF AT ALL NECESSARY,WITH A WARNING FROM THE APEX COURT. IN THE CIRCUMSTANCES,WHAT I HAD SAID IN MY BLOG DT12th of FEB,2012 where I HAD THAT SQUEEZING HARD EARNED DEMOCRACY WITH UNWARRANTED AGITATION IS NOT CORRECT &SHOULD BE AVOIDED. THIS CASE SHOWS THE POWER OF "JUDICIARY" in our CONSTITUTION.SO TO CONCLUDE,THE GOVERNING& THE GOVERNED SHOULD TAKE CARE NOT TO CHALLENGE THE AUTHORITIES RECOGNISED UNDER THE CONSTITUTION OF INDIA. SREEDHARAN MUNDANAT