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News India Live, Digital Desk: Often we hear in the news that sometimes people take to the streets regarding some issue, and sometimes they directly approach the Supreme Court regarding it. Something similar happened recently with the picture of Veer Savarkar. Some people demanded that the picture of Vinayak Damodar Savarkar i.e. Veer Savarkar should be removed from the wall of the New Parliament Building. But, the country’s biggest court has flatly refused to hear this matter.
Let us understand in detail what happened inside the court and what the judges said to the people who brought the petition.
What was the matter?
Actually, a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) was filed in the Supreme Court. The petitioner said that the picture of Veer Savarkar installed in the new Parliament should be removed from there. His argument was that he had some objections regarding this. He had come with the hope that the court would give some strict order on this and perhaps order the removal of the picture.
Chief Justice’s blunt answer
When this matter came before the bench of Chief Justice of India (CJI) Sanjiv Khanna and Justice PV Sanjay Kumar, the stand of the judges was very clear. He refused to get involved in the matter at all.
The court said in very clear and simple words that look, it is not the job of the Supreme Court to decide what will and what will not be installed inside the Parliament House, whose photo will be there and whose photo will not be there. This is entirely a matter of the functioning of the Speaker of the Lok Sabha and the Parliament.
CJI Khanna said clearly during the hearing, “We cannot give any order on this. It is not a matter of our jurisdiction.” The court also pointed out that the job of the judiciary is to protect the law and not to decide which great man’s photo will hang on the walls of Parliament.
House of Parliament, Rules of Parliament
If understood in simple language, the court’s point was that it is you who decides whose photo will be displayed on the wall of your house, not the neighbours; Similarly, Parliament is a constitutional institution. The rules, regulations and decoration there are the responsibility of the Lok Sabha Speaker and the Parliament Secretariat. The Supreme Court cannot interfere in every small and big matter, unless any law is being violated by it.
The petitioner had to return empty handed
The Supreme Court refused to consider this Public Interest Litigation (PIL) and rejected it. That is, whatever controversy was being tried to be created regarding Savarkar’s picture, the court pacified it by saying that this matter should not be dragged into legal trouble.
For now, Veer Savarkar’s picture will remain in place in the new Parliament, and this decision is a big blow to those who were running to the court to get it removed.