Destruction of the Babri Masjid: A National Dishonour is a sequel to The Babri Masjid Question 1528 2003: A Matter of National Honour ; published in 2003 in two volumes a compilation by A.G. Noorani of documents and primary source material on various aspects of the Ram Janmabhoomi Babri Masjid dispute; covering the demolition of the Masjid on 6 December 1992; and the legal proceedings in the civil suits and criminal cases up to mid-2003. The present volume brings the narrative up to date. It covers the three Allahabad High Court judgments; the Liberhan Commission Report; the tortuous course of the criminal cases; and disclosures and developments in the last decade from 2003 till the end of 2013. An Introduction surveys the events before and after the demolition of the Babri Masjid; and analyses the judgments delivered by the three judges of the Allahabad High Court in 2010. In the courts of law and justice; the civil and criminal cases concerning the title to the Babri Masjid and accountability for its destruction; on 6 December 1992; have all but run their course. Neither legality nor justice has been conspicuous in the proceedings or in the many judgments delivered. On past form; there is little hope for redress in legal proceedings after that grave and utterly wasteful crime. . . . The forces of India s secularism can ignore the challenges ahead only at the nation s peril. At stake is the survival of India s democracy and its corollary; secularism. (From the author s preface)
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