{"id":15210,"date":"2011-12-05T15:23:30","date_gmt":"2011-12-05T09:53:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/?p=15210"},"modified":"2011-12-05T15:26:33","modified_gmt":"2011-12-05T09:56:33","slug":"policy-issues-not-for-courts-supreme-court","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/policy-issues-not-for-courts-supreme-court","title":{"rendered":"Policy issues not for courts: Supreme Court"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Supreme-Court.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"15211\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/policy-issues-not-for-courts-supreme-court\/supreme-court-147\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2011\/12\/Supreme-Court.jpg?fit=259%2C195&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"259,195\" 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=\"Supreme-Court\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2011\/12\/Supreme-Court.jpg?fit=259%2C195&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-15211\" title=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Supreme-Court-150x112.jpg?resize=150%2C112&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"112\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2011\/12\/Supreme-Court.jpg?resize=150%2C112&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2011\/12\/Supreme-Court.jpg?w=259&amp;ssl=1 259w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>The Supreme Court on Monday said it was not for the courts to involve themselves in issues of policy which come under the domain of the government and Parliament.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;As as far as public safety is concerned, Article 21 of the Constitution is there. 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