HC overrules ex-judge’s ‘Hindu country’ verdict

GUWAHATI: A division bench of the Meghalaya HC set aside on Friday a controversial judgment by Justice S R Sen (now retired) of the same court in which he had observed that India should have been “declared as a Hindu country” after Partition.
In response to an appeal by the Meghalaya government, a bench of Chief Justice Mohammed Yakoob Mir and Justice H S Thangkhiew said that Justice Sen’s judgment was “legally flawed and inconsistent with constitutional principles”.
“After bestowing our thoughtful consideration ... we have reached the firm conclusion that the judgment impugned dated 10.12.2018 is legally flawed and is inconsistent with the constitutional principles, the observations made and directions passed therein are totally superfluous, therefore, is set aside in its entirety,” the bench said.