Different memories: Editorial on a farmer’s fight to put up a memorial for Stan Swamy
Different memories: Editorial on a farmer’s fight to put up a memorial for Stan Swamy
30/11/2024
The Telegraph / by The Editorial Board
In the perception of the district authorities, the priest was marked as ‘anti-social,’ because the govt had arrested him in the Bhima-Koregaon case for his alleged link with extremists
Certain figures show up the widely varying perceptions between administrative authorities and the people. The Jesuit priest, Stan Swamy, who died in prison waiting for bail, is a striking example. A farmer from Tamil Nadu, engaged in teaching other farmers about sustainable practices and in cooperative watershed development, had wished to erect a pillar on his private land at his own cost in memory of the priest. He was an admirer of Stan Swamy’s work with tribal communities and considered the priest his mentor.
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Madras High Court removes government hurdle to Stan Swamy memorial in Tamil Nadu
28/11/2024
The Telegraph / by M.R. Venkatesh
The court ruled that the petitioner had decided to build the pillar in remembrance of Fr Stan as he was ‘impressed by the work done by him for the welfare of tribals’ and that the construction site was Sethia’s private land.
Madras High Court has allowed a farmer who reveres the life and work of Fr Stan Swamy, the 84-year-old tribal rights defender who died waiting for bail after spending nine months in jail, to erect a pillar in his memory in Tamil Nadu’s Dharmapuri district, overriding the district authorities’ contention that Fr Swamy was related to “Naxals and Maoists”.
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‘Father Stan Swamy Has Taken Efforts For Tribal Welfare’: Madras High Court Allows Installation Of His Statute In Private Land
26/11/2024
Live Law / by Upasana Sajeev
The Madras High Court has allowed a man to install a stone pillar containing Father Stan Swamy’s photo on his private land, honoring the work done by the latter for the Tribal persons.
Quashing a notice issued by the State authorities, Justice M Dhandapani remarked that Fr Stan Swamy had taken a lot of efforts for the welfare of the tribal persons. The court also noted that citizens had a right to install statues in their private property and the only restriction was that communal conflicts should not result from such erection.
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Madras High Court allows activist to install statue of Stan Swamy despite State opposition
26/11/2024
Bar & Bench / by Ayesha Arvind
The petition was opposed by the State and the district authorities who argued that the proposed memorial was to commemorate the work of a person “related to the Naxals and Maoists.”
The State cannot stop an individual from installing a memorial or a statue on his or her private land, the Madras High Court recently said while permitting a Salem-based activist to construct a memorial in honour of Jesuit priest and tribal rights activist late Stan Swamy.
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Madras HC quashes govt notice banning installation of memorial to Stan Swamy
24/11/2024
The News Minute / by Bharathy Singaravel
Contrary to the public stand taken by Chief Minister MK Stalin and his government, Dharmapuri district authorities claimed in court that Stan Swamy “had relations with Naxals and Maoists” and that “tribal villages are a paradise for the convergence and breeding of anti-social elements”.
The Madras High Court has quashed a notice from the tahsildar of Nallampalli in Dharmapuri district that banned an environmentalist from installing a memorial pillar for Stan Swamy on private land. Environmental activist Piyush Manush had been forced to approach the Madras High Court after the Dharmapuri Superintendent of Police (SP), district Collector and the Nallampalli tahsildar banned him from installing the memorial pillar on his own land.
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HC nod for statue of Stan Swamy on private land
22/11/2024
Times of India / TNN
Citizens have the right to install statues on their own private property. The only restriction is that such statues should not cause any conflicts between communities or in a way that would hurt the feelings of any segment of the society, Madras high court has said.
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Madras HC allows construction of memorial structure for Father Stan Swamy
21/11/2024
The New Indian Express / by R Sivakumar
The judge says that the government authorities can’t stop a person from raising statues on private land.
Holding that government authorities cannot stop a person from raising statues in private land unless it may cause serious issues, the Madras High Court has permitted a Salem-based activist to raise a memorial structure for late Father Stan Swamy who had rendered service for the upliftment of the highly oppressed tribal communities in Central India.
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Also read/watch:
▪ Bombay HC Benches Recuse From Hearing Plea To Clear Father Stan Swamy’s Name (Live Law / Oct 2024)
▪ Indian court again refuses to hear Stan Swamy case (UCA News / Sep 2024)
▪ Incriminating document found in Fr. Stan Swamy’s computer ‘planted’; similar tampering found in other Bhima Koregaon accused: Reports American forensic firm (The Leaflet / Dec 2022)
▪ Video: Testimony of Stan Swamy, two days before his arrest on 8 October 2020.
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