In India, the Supreme Court rejected the order of the Gujarat High Court on Tuesday in which the state government was asked to pay the money for the reconstruction and repair of damaged religious sites after the Godhra riots.

A bench of Chief Justice of India, Deepak Mishra and Justice P.C. Pant accepted the appeal of the Gujarat Government challenging the High Court verdict and rejected the High Court's decision. It was said that in order to rebuild and repair the damaged religious structures during the riots, the Government of Gujarat should pay the money.

Additional Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, appearing on behalf of the Gujarat government, said that our petition has been approved.

Apart from this, the Gujarat government also told the court that the state government is keen to pay the grace amount for the rebuild and repairs of various religious structures, shops and houses damaged during the riots.

Tushar Mehta said, "The government's plan has been accepted."

The Supreme Court was hearing the petition filed by the Gujarat government against the order of the Gujarat High Court.

In its order, the Gujarat High Court had instructed the state government to pay the compensation amount to more than 500 religious places damaged in the 2002 Gujarat riots.

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