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Courts of Law for the people and not vice versa

V SUNDARAM

Chennai, May 29:

        Colonel S S Rajan and Shri Shirodkar are now in the midst of their sacred padayatra undertaken from Chennai to Rameshwaram to save the Rama Sethu Bridge. They have gone beyond Cuddalore on their spiritual march which began as a Tapasya from Marina Beach at the feet of Nethaji Subhash Chandra Bose on 20 May 2007.
       When I spoke to Rajan over telephone about the supreme general contempt the Judiciary in India has towards the feelings, emotions, sentiments and sensibilities of more than 800 millions of Hindus in majority in India, he gave the following bracing message to all the Hindus of India:

        ''It is unfortunate that the Hon'ble Supreme Court of India has refused to entertain the PIL requesting for stay of the ongoing Sethusamudram Shipping Canal Project. It is absolutely pointless to approach the Supreme Court in matters of faith. The moment the Supreme Court refused to entertain the PIL for grant of stay on the execution of the Sethusamudram Shipping Canal Project, fully aware that it is a very sensitive and explosive issue and that no less than the four Shankaracharyas together, have expressed their grave concern that the destruction of the Sacred Rama Sethu would hurt the religious sentiments of the Hindus, the Supreme Court has willy nilly lost its moral right to adjudicate further in the matter or has willy nilly abdicated its authority and thus allowed things to drift to the detriment of public interest, which it is supposed to protect. Neither the Supreme Court nor the International Court of Justice in Hague, can adjudicate in matters of 'faith & belief' of 800 millions of Hindus in India and millions of Hindus living out side India. It is time that the Hindu masses decided that it is their sovereign right to stand up and fight against tyranny and not allow their religious sentiments to be trampled upon. The Supreme Court ought to know that for more than 800 millions of Hindus in India and millions of Hindus outside India throughout the world that Rameshwaram and the RAMA SETHU BRIDGE is as holy and as sacred as the Wailing Wall in Jerusalem to the Jews, the Vatican in Rome to the Roman Catholics, the Bodh Gaya in Bihar to the Buddhists and Mecca in Saudi Arabia to the Muslims. Centuries ago it was proclaimed that, 'Be Yee Men of Valour and Be in Readiness for War! For it is better to perish in battle, than to see the outrage of your Altar!' And the time for battle for DHARMA has come. It is time the HINDUS came to gether as ONE and deal firmly & decisively with one & all who are bent on destroying the Sacred Rama Sethu. I wish to remind all authorities- both high & low, that the day when a HINDU wave or Tsunami strikes, it shall not spare any oppressor and shall leave behind colossal amount of destruction in its wake. And it is only a matter of time that it will happen. And I also wish to assure all authorities - high & low, that the HINDUS shall NOT allow the Sacred Rama Sethu to be destroyed, come what may. The HINDUS shall shed their blood and sacrifice their lives rather than see the destruction of their alter. DHARMO RAKSHATI RAKSHITAHA. Those who abide by Dharma, are protected by Dharma.''

Col S S Rajan
        As a political Hindu, spiritual Hindu, cultural Hindu, social Hindu and economic Hindu, and above all as an insignificant free lance journalist I would invite the kind attention of the Supreme Court of India not to forget or overlook the following words of timeless wisdom of Oliver Wendell Holmes (1841-1935), one of the greatest names in the history of Law and Jurisprudence in dealing with the explosive and cataclysmic issue of saving the Rama Sethu Bridge from planned destruction by the UPA government in collusion with the anti-Hindu DMK government of Tamilnadu: 'The first requirement of a sound body of law is, that it should correspond with the actual feelings of the community, whether right or wrong. Law is a settlement of the circumstances in which the public force will be brought to bear upon men through the Courts of Law.'

        (The writer is a retired IAS officer)

        e-mail the writer at vsundaram@newstodaynet.com

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