{"id":12574,"date":"2011-08-02T15:56:41","date_gmt":"2011-08-02T10:26:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/?p=12574"},"modified":"2011-08-02T15:56:41","modified_gmt":"2011-08-02T10:26:41","slug":"plea-in-supreme-court-to-restrain-hazare-from-fasting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/plea-in-supreme-court-to-restrain-hazare-from-fasting","title":{"rendered":"Plea in Supreme Court to restrain Hazare from fasting"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/%E0%A4%85%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%BE.png?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"12575\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/plea-in-supreme-court-to-restrain-hazare-from-fasting\/%e0%a4%85%e0%a4%a8%e0%a5%8d%e0%a4%a8%e0%a4%be\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2011\/08\/%E0%A4%85%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%BE.png?fit=260%2C136&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"260,136\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2011\/08\/%E0%A4%85%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%BE.png?fit=150%2C78&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2011\/08\/%E0%A4%85%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%BE.png?fit=260%2C136&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-12575\" title=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/%E0%A4%85%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%BE.png?resize=260%2C136&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"260\" height=\"136\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2011\/08\/%E0%A4%85%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%BE.png?w=260&amp;ssl=1 260w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2011\/08\/%E0%A4%85%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%BE.png?resize=150%2C78&amp;ssl=1 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 260px) 100vw, 260px\" \/><\/a>The Supreme Court was moved Monday by an activist from Maharashtra seeking direction to anti-corruption campaigner Anna Hazare not to launch an indefinite fast from Aug 16 to press his demands on the Lokpal bill.<\/p>\n<p>Hazare&#8217;s demands were unconstitutional and amounted to intrusion in the legislative domain of parliament, said petitioner Hemant Patil, a businessman-cum-social activist.<\/p>\n<p>Hazare announced his resolve to fast over his demand for a strong anti-graft bill and bringing the prime minister under the purview of the lokpal.<\/p>\n<p>The petition said that Hazare&#8217;s demand for the inclusion of higher judiciary within the ambit of the Lokpal bill infringed upon the constitutional scheme of judicial functioning.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Supreme Court was moved Monday by an activist from Maharashtra seeking direction to anti-corruption campaigner Anna Hazare not to launch an indefinite fast from Aug 16 to press his demands on the Lokpal bill. 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