SC pulls up Jaya for Setu plea

Tue, Jan 29 02:55 AM

The Supreme Court on Monday wondered how Ram Setu could be declared a national monument if "nobody had seen it."

A bench headed by Chief Justice K.G. Balakrishnan expressed surprise after reading a petition filed by former Tamil Nadu chief minister J. Jayalalithaa praying the court declare the "bridge" a national monument. Although the bench clubbed her petition along with the other cases on the controversial Sethusamudram project, it took strong exception to Jayalalithaa's prayer. "How can we declare a structure, that has never been seen, a national monument? Its surprising that it is coming from her (Jayalalitha)," the bench told senior advocate K.K. Venugopal who appeared for the former CM. Salwa Judum

The SC on Monday directed the Union of India to file its response to the petition filed a Delhi University professor who has criticised the “Salwa Judum” in Chhattisgarh. A bench headed by the Chief Justice granted the Centre three weeks time to file its response. Bail for Memon brother

The SC granted bail to Tiger Memon's brother, Abdul Razak Memon, in the 1993 Mumbai serial blasts case. A bench headed by Chief Justice K.G. Balakrishnan granted bail to Memon after his advocate said his client had already spent more than 12 years in jail. Cricket

The Supreme Court dismissed a PIL seeking recall of the Indian team from Australia. Refusing to interfere in Harbhajan Singh’s racial abuse case, the bench headed by the Chief Justice said: “We will not pass any order.”

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