The executive and the legislature, given their responsibility under the Constitution to manage public affairs, are accountable to the people. Accountability, in fact, differentiates democracy from other systems of governance. The discharge of executive responsibilities by any other organ, say the judiciary, is essentially unaccountable. This is anathema in a democracy

- Sitaram Yechury

Sethusamduram project is being built for all the wrong reasons; and that now, it is being supported and opposed for all the wrong reasons

- Vaishna Roy 

Legal experts are of the opinion that it is not within the jurisdiction of the Supreme Court to recommend the dismissal of a democratically elected state government.

The Constitution does not vest SC with the power to dismiss any state government, whatever the provocation. It is an emergency power that can be exercised only by the President, and even she can invoke it as a measure of last resort. Also, if any party violates or disobeys its order, SC has the option of initiating civil contempt against such a wrongdoer

Since historical times, this portion of the coast (Palk Bay, Adam's Bridge) is used only to fleets of small crafts involved in coastal trading and fishing