Courts should not try to run the country: SC

New Delhi, May 8(UNI) The Supreme Court today said courts should not try to run the country.

The observations were made by Justice Markandey Katju during the hearing of a PIL seeking court's directions to issue driving licences to the deaf as in many countries such as the UK, Canada etc licences are issued to the deaf also subect to fulfilment of some conditions.

The bench headed by Mrs. Justice Ruma Pal while dismissing the petition filed by the National Association of the Deaf directed the petitioner to make a representation to the concerned authorities on the issue.

Justice Katju, however pulled up the petitioner for approaching the court in every matter and remarked," Courts should not try to run the country and judges must exercise restraint or else there would be reaction. I do not subscribe to the view and I think that courts should not enter into the domain of the executive." UNI AKS/SC RP RS1843