The Oxford dictionary defines bifurcation as the division of something into two branches or parts. Hence, a three-way bifurcation is self-contradictory. The word the judges needed to use was trifurcation, a division into three parts.
Sunday, 24 November 2019
A three-way bifurcation
We have already concluded that the three-way bifurcation by the High Court was legally unsustainable, said one of the sentences in the recent Supreme Court judgement on the Ram Janmabhoomi case.
The Oxford dictionary defines bifurcation as the division of something into two branches or parts. Hence, a three-way bifurcation is self-contradictory. The word the judges needed to use was trifurcation, a division into three parts.
The Oxford dictionary defines bifurcation as the division of something into two branches or parts. Hence, a three-way bifurcation is self-contradictory. The word the judges needed to use was trifurcation, a division into three parts.
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