July 3, 2012 9:16 PM

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SC refuses to stay Gujarat HC order to compensate riot hit shrines

The Supreme Court has refused to entertain the Narendra Modi government's plea for staying the Gujarat High Court's February 8 order to pay compensation to over 500 shrines damaged during the infamous 2002 riots in wake of Godhra train carnage.While declining to entertain the plea, a bench of justices K S Radhakrishnan and Dipak Misra also asked the state government to furnish details of the number of religious structures actually damaged and the financial cost of their reconstruction.The apex court wanted to know if any survey or study was conducted on the actual damage and loss to holy places during the riots. The bench later adjourned the matter for July 9.

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