New Delhi, October 16: The Allahabad High Court verdict on the Ayodhya dispute constitutes a “dangerous precedent” which can be used against vulnerable groups, eminent civil society members and academicians said here today.
Addressing mediapersons after a day-long conference on ‘Repercussions of the Ayodhya judgement and possible civil society intervention’, the group, comprising activist Shabnam Hashmi, advocate Anupam Gupta and historian professor Paniker among others, were unanimous in conveying their “dismay over the verdict”.
“The meeting was of the opinion that the verdict constitutes a dangerous precedent, which can be used against vulnerable groups. We are dismayed over it,” Gupta, who was the standing council for the Liberhann Commission which probed the Babri masjid demolition, for eight years, said.
–PTI