{"id":1591,"date":"2025-03-01T03:30:37","date_gmt":"2025-03-01T03:30:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vanillanews.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/01\/delhi-hc-rejects-plea-over-installation-of-maharani-lakshmi-bais-statue\/"},"modified":"2025-03-01T03:30:37","modified_gmt":"2025-03-01T03:30:37","slug":"delhi-hc-rejects-plea-over-installation-of-maharani-lakshmi-bais-statue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vanillanews.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/01\/delhi-hc-rejects-plea-over-installation-of-maharani-lakshmi-bais-statue\/","title":{"rendered":"Delhi HC rejects plea over installation of Maharani Lakshmi Bai\u2019s statue"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Delhi High Court recently dismissed a petition seeking the installation of a statue of Rani Lakshmi Bai, the iconic queen of Jhansi, in the national capital. The court ruled that the decision to install statues falls under the domain of the government and cannot be directed by the judiciary. The plea was filed by a social worker who argued that Rani Lakshmi Bai was a symbol of strength and courage and deserved to be honored with a statue in Delhi.<\/p>\n<p>The Delhi High Court has rejected a plea calling for the installation of a statue of Rani Lakshmi Bai in the national capital, citing that decisions regarding statues are within the purview of the government. The court emphasized that while Rani Lakshmi Bai is a revered figure in Indian history, the installation of statues is a policy decision that cannot be mandated by the judiciary. The petitioner had contended that a statue of the iconic queen would serve as a source of inspiration for future generations.<\/p>\n<p>The Delhi High Court has dismissed a petition seeking the installation of a statue of Rani Lakshmi Bai in Delhi, stating that decisions regarding statues are the prerogative of the government. The plea, filed by a social worker, had argued that Rani Lakshmi Bai symbolized courage and resilience and deserved to be commemorated with a statue in the national capital. However, the court held that the installation of statues is a policy matter that falls under the jurisdiction of the government and cannot be enforced through judicial intervention.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Delhi High Court recently dismissed a petition seeking the installation of a statue of Rani Lakshmi Bai, the iconic queen of Jhansi, in the national capital. The court ruled that the decision to install statues falls under the domain of the government and cannot be directed by the judiciary. The plea was filed by [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"featured_image_urls":{"full":"","thumbnail":"","medium":"","medium_large":"","large":"","1536x1536":"","2048x2048":""},"author_info":{"display_name":"vanillanews","author_link":"https:\/\/vanillanews.com\/index.php\/author\/vanillanews\/"},"category_info":"<a href=\"https:\/\/vanillanews.com\/index.php\/category\/technology\/\" rel=\"category tag\">TECHNOLOGY<\/a>","tag_info":"TECHNOLOGY","comment_count":"0","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vanillanews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1591"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vanillanews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vanillanews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vanillanews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vanillanews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1591"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vanillanews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1591\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vanillanews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1591"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vanillanews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1591"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vanillanews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1591"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}