In 2013, the Supreme Court in a letter to the Union government and all State governments sought explanations about the extent to which action had been taken for implementing an order of the court banning all hartals and bandhs in the country. In 2009 the Supreme Court had banned hartals and bandhs and issued concrete directions asking for compensation from parties indulging in hartals. Whatever the clarification by the governments on this issue the hartal observance goes unabated. Today, in Kerala normal life was disrupted by the hartal called by the BJP demanding resignation of State Finance Minister KM Mani in the wake of the graft charges against him. The State government has declared a holiday for educational institutions. Thus Kerala has become ‘Hartal’s own country’ once again. But the more surprising reality is: Justice P Sadasivam, who issued orders against hartal, is the governor of the Sate at present. When will our court orders take a more redolent route?
KA Solaman
Published the Hindu Business Line on 27 Jan 2015
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