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New Delhi, September, 1 : The Supreme Court,
which has been penalizing Mayawati over her obsessive memorial-building,
handed her a massive political victory by clearing way for renaming
of Amethi as Chatrapati Shahuji Maharaj Nagar.
The apex court on Wednesday, Sep 1 set aside the interim order
of the Allahabad High Court staying restoration of the district
named after Dalit icon Chatrapati Shahuji Maharaj carved out of
Amethi, a Lok Sabha constituency.
The ruling came on the grounds that a similar petition was dismissed
by the High Court on Aug 11.
"Judicial propriety demanded that the High Court should have
considered the final judgement of August 11. It could not have taken
a different stand," the bench comprising of Justices R V Raveendran
and H L Gokhale said.
The Mayawati-led Uttar Pradesh government had moved the Supreme
Court against the Aug 18 interim order of the Lucknow Bench of the
High Court.
The HC had passed the order on a petition filed by three people
based on a specific embargo that no change in the boundaries that
impedes ongoing census should take place.
This is a huge political victory for the BSP supremo as Amethi
is Congress general secretary, Rahul Gandhi's constituency.
Incidentally, the SC ruling comes on the same day Rahul Gandhi
visited his constituency.
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