Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) president V.M. Sudheeran has said that the High Court verdict in the Munnar encroachment case will only serve to encourage encroachers.
At a press conference here on Thursday, Mr. Sudheeran said: “The credibility of the court verdict is very important. It is not correct to criticise court judgments or cast aspersions on judges. But in the Munnar case, the verdict does not send a good message. It only serves to encourage encroachers,” he said.
The press conference had been convened to brief about the outcome of a leadership meeting held Indira Bhavan mainly to discuss the reconstitution of the organisational set up.
A Division Bench of the Kerala High Court last week directed the Kerala government to pay a provisional compensation of Rs.10 lakh to the Cloud9 Resorts whose 11 buildings at Chinnakkanal had been demolished as part of the Munnar eviction drive launched in 2007 by the Left Democratic Front (LDF) government.
