Is the dream of removing Savarkar’s photo from Parliament shattered? Know what the Supreme Court said in blunt words

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 largest court has flatly refused to hear the 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 photo. Chief Justice’s blunt answer. When this matter came before the bench of Chief Justice of India (CJI) Sanjeev Khanna and Justice PV Sanjay Kumar, the stand of the judges was very clear. He refused to get into 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 be installed inside the Parliament House and what will not, whose photo will be there and whose photo will not be there. This is completely a matter of the functioning of the Speaker of the Lok Sabha and the Parliament. CJI Khanna clearly said during the hearing, “We cannot give any order on this. This 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 was saying that just as whose photo will be hung on the wall of your house, it is you who decide, not your neighbour; 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 it is violating any law. 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 the picture of Savarkar, it was pacified by the court by saying that do not drag the matter into legal trouble. For the time being, the picture of Veer Savarkar will remain in its place in the new Parliament, and this decision is a big blow to those people who were running to the court to get it removed.