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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | NBA made false statements, stands discredited: SC by Krishnadas Rajagopal

NBA made false statements, stands discredited: SC by Krishnadas Rajagopal

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published Published on May 12, 2011   modified Modified on May 12, 2011
The self-esteem of Narmada Bachao Andolan (NBA), the activist group formed by Medha Patkar 22 years ago, may suffer a severe dent with the Supreme Court on Wednesday “discrediting” the organisation for making false statements. The observation, part of a judgment by a three-member Bench, led by Justice J M Panchal, follows an earlier caution that it may be “blacklisted” from representing the farmers of Narmada valley in any court.

The organisation had made a “misleading statement” in the top court that the Madhya Pradesh government had already “dispossessed” farmers of 284.03 hectares of land at Dhardi, Nayapura, Guwadi, Kothmir and Narasinghpura and banned “any activity” there. A subsequent survey, ordered by the Supreme Court, on a Madhya Pradesh government plea, found the statement to be false.

“The court has been entertaining this petition under the bonafide belief that the NBA was espousing the grievance of inarticulate and illiterate poor farmers, with all sincerity and thus, would not make any misleading statement. However, our belief stands fully belied,” the Bench wrote in the judgment pronounced on Wednesday. “The applicant/ respondent (NBA) made pleadings and advanced arguments without any basis only to secure unwarranted benefits to those tenure holders. In the instant case, it stands discredited totally in the eyes of this court,” the court added.

The Bench expressed relief at having ordered the field check by the Indore District Judge on the NBA claim: “This court had been a little careful and cautious in this regard, which has exposed the true picture.” The District Judge during his visit to the five villages in March, 2011 obtained thumb impressions and signatures of the farmers, who acknowledged that they were still sowing their crops on the land. Besides, Alok Agarwal, ‘chief activist of NBA’, the court said, was present at the inspection to admit that the land was still being cultivated by the farmers.

“We reach the inescapable conclusion that the NBA has not acted with a sense of responsibility and so far succeeded in securing favourable orders by misleading the court. Such conduct cannot be approved,” the court said.

The court restrained from passing any positive orders against NBA, saying it has to take into consideration “the pitiable condition” of the oustees whom the organisation represents.

The bench was disposing of a bunch of petitions challenging the orders of the MP High Court on the rehabilitation measures to be adopted for oustees of Omkareshwar hydro project on the Narmada.

The Indian Express, 12 May, 2011, http://www.indianexpress.com/news/NBA-made-false-statements--stands-discredited--SC/789210/


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