{"id":18187,"date":"2016-08-27T09:12:55","date_gmt":"2016-08-27T03:42:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/globalpress.hinduismnow.org?p=18184&amp;preview_id=18184"},"modified":"2016-08-27T09:12:55","modified_gmt":"2016-08-27T03:42:55","slug":"we-cant-order-ram-rajya-our-powers-limited-sc-tells-anguished-petitioner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/?p=18187","title":{"rendered":"We can&#8217;t order Ram Rajya, our powers limited, SC tells anguished petitioner &#8211; The New Indian Express"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Friday said it cannot order the establishment of \u2018Ram Rajya\u2019 in the country and can\u2019t do several things it wants to due to its limited capacity as an institution.<\/p>\n<p>CJI T S Thakur, while hearing a PIL seeking directions for removal of encroachments on pavements across the country, said the Supreme Court cannot be expected to pass orders on every issue bothering the country and create a Ram Rajya. \u201cDo you think with our directions, everything will be done? Do you think we will pass an order that there will be no corruption in the country and all corruption will go? Should we pass an order that there will be \u2018Ram Rajya\u2019 in the country? It cannot be like this,\u201d said CJI Thakur. \u201cWe want to do various things but we cannot. Our capacity to do things is limited. This is a problem,\u201d the Bench said.<\/p>\n<p>The court\u2019s observation came when the petitioner, an NGO, urged the Bench not to dismiss its plea asking \u201cif this court does not take any action or pass any direction, then who will\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The petitioner told the court that there were encroachments on footpaths and roads not only in Delhi but the entire country.<\/p>\n<p>The petitioner Dhanesh Ieshdhan, who argued in person for his NGO, Voice of India, said, \u201cI shed tears of blood seeing the plight of footpaths all over the country taken over. Billions of rupees are spent on the salaries of officials and police, who do nothing.\u201d On this, CJI responded and said, \u201cMain bhi aansoo ro rahan hoon.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The CJI even called the court\u2019s security personnel to remove the petitioner from the courtroom. But he continued to argue, raising his voice. \u201cCitizens\u2019 fundamental rights are at stake. You are here to protect our fundamental rights&#8230; if you cannot&#8230; what is the point of having fundamental rights under Constitution&#8230; Go ahead and strike them off,\u201d the upset petitioner told the Bench.<\/p>\n<p>The Bench, which had earlier said it would dismiss the plea, later posted it for hearing in February 2017.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Friday said it cannot order the establishment of \u2018Ram Rajya\u2019 in the country and can\u2019t do several things it wants to due to its limited capacity as an institution. CJI T S Thakur, while hearing a PIL seeking directions for removal of encroachments on pavements across the country, said [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":""},"categories":[1134],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18187"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/19"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=18187"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18187\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=18187"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=18187"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=18187"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}