Haryana minister Anil Vij took a dig Tuesday at the Supreme Court for turning down demands for early hearings in the Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid land dispute when it could hear a late-night plea to delay the hanging of Mumbai attacks convict Yakub Memon.
Supreme Court mahan hai (The Supreme Court is great), the minister said, using the phrase twice in a tweet that seemed to mock the apex court.
It it so wishes it can open its doors on 29 July 2014 for an appeal to delay the death sentence awarded to 1993 Mumbai serial blasts convict Yakub Memon. And if it wants, it can give a date on the issue of Ram Mandir, for which crores of Indians are eagerly waiting. The Supreme Court is great, the tweet in Hindi read.
The Yakub Memon hearing was actually during the pre-dawn hours of July 30, 2015.
Interacting with the media in Ambala, the health minister made a similar comment.
"The court is great, he said. It can stay awake till midnight to hear the Yakub Memon case and it can extend the hearing of the Ram Janmabhoomi title case for three months, while crores of Indians wait for it."
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