{"id":41637,"date":"2016-02-24T18:25:00","date_gmt":"2016-02-24T12:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/?p=41637"},"modified":"2016-02-25T04:31:08","modified_gmt":"2016-02-24T23:01:08","slug":"country-cant-be-held-to-ransom-during-agitations-sc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/country-cant-be-held-to-ransom-during-agitations-sc","title":{"rendered":"Country can&#8217;t be held to ransom during agitations: SC"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_38395\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-38395\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/07\/SUPREME_COURT_2426338f.jpg?ssl=1\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-38395\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"38395\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/sc-to-hear-on-july-20-cbi-plea-in-vyapam-case\/supreme_court_2426338f\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/07\/SUPREME_COURT_2426338f.jpg?fit=636%2C477&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"636,477\" 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;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"SUPREME_COURT_2426338f\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/07\/SUPREME_COURT_2426338f.jpg?fit=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/07\/SUPREME_COURT_2426338f.jpg?fit=636%2C477&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"wp-image-38395 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/07\/SUPREME_COURT_2426338f.jpg?resize=300%2C225&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Country can't be held to ransom during agitations: SC\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/07\/SUPREME_COURT_2426338f.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/07\/SUPREME_COURT_2426338f.jpg?w=636&amp;ssl=1 636w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-38395\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Country can&#8217;t be held to ransom during agitations: SC<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Expressing concern over damage to public and private properties during violent protests, the Supreme Court today said it would lay down \u201cparameters\u201d to fix accountability for losses on organisers as the country cannot be held to \u201cransom\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe country must know what are the consequences. No one can take the country to ransom during agitations. Whether it is BJP, Congress or any other organisation, they must realise that they can be held accountable for the damages to public property,\u201d a bench headed by Justice J S Khehar said.<\/p>\n<p>The observation, which came during the hearing of a plea of Gujarat Pattidar leader Hardik Patel, assumes significance in the wake of large-scale violence and loss of public and private properties in Haryana during the Jat quota stir.<\/p>\n<p>The bench, also comprising Justice C Nagappan, said that irrespective of organisation, the organisers of such violent protests would be made accountable for the damages.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhere is our country going? You just cannot burn the country\u2019s or its citizens\u2019 properties. Whether it\u2019s BJP or Congress or whichever organisation or party it is, it may be asked to pay for the property damaged. They will collect the money and pay for the damages,\u201d the bench said.<\/p>\n<p>It said, \u201cWe must take a call on the issue and we would frame guidelines for taking action against people indulging in such acts.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The bench said it will lay down parameters for fixing the accountabilities for the damage caused to the public and private properties during agitations.<\/p>\n<p>The bench was hearing a plea of Patel seeking quashing of sedition charges and FIR lodged against him.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Attorney General Mukul Rohatgi appearing for Gujarat government said Patel had in his plea challenged the FIR against him but a charge sheet has already been filed in the case.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNow after FIR, the charge sheet has been filed and it cannot be tested in the Supreme Court,\u201d Rohatgi said.<\/p>\n<p>The bench said that in his prayer the petitioner (Patel) was more concerned about bail and not the charge sheet.<\/p>\n<p>To this, Rohatgi replied that his bail applications are already pending before the sessions court. .<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>( Source &#8211; PTI )<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Expressing concern over damage to public and private properties during violent protests, the Supreme Court today said it would lay down \u201cparameters\u201d to fix accountability for losses on organisers as the country cannot be held to \u201cransom\u201d. \u201cThe country must know what are the consequences. 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