ORDER :

R.MAHADEVAN, J.

"Without culture, and the relative freedom it implies, society, even when perfect, is but a jungle. This is why any authentic creation is a gift to the future."

- Albert Camus

“We repeat, these hybrid constructions are not the least interesting for the artist, the antiquary and the historian. They make us aware to what extent architecture is a primitive thing, demonstrating as they do, like the cyclopean remains, the pyramids of Egypt, or the gigantic Hindu pagodas, that architecture's greatest products are less individual than social creations; the offspring of nations in labor rather than the outpouring of men of genius; the deposit let behind by a nation; the accumulation of the centuries; the residue from the successive evaporations of human society; in short, a kind of formation. Each wave of time lays down its alluvium, each race deposits its own stratum on the monument each individual contributes his stone. Thus do the beavers, and the bees; and thus does man.”

- Victor Hugo

While considering the importance of issues involved in the present cases, the aforesaid quotes of the renowned literary masters have been reminiscent in the mind of this Court.

1.1 India