Lord Ram to be 'sued' for being cruel to Sita: Did Hanuman have visa, Twitter asks

Can gods be questioned? Can they be made accountable for their actions?

In a country where culture deems divinity as "sacred", you might as well banish such an idea before it takes root.

But wait, there is someone in this very land who thinks otherwise. And that is lawyer Thakur Chandan Kumar Singh. Singh not only thinks the "lord" can be held accountable, but even be subjected to litigation.

Singh reportedly filed a "case" in a court of the chief judicial magistrate (CJM) in Sitamarhi in Bihar against Lord Ram for exiling "Devi" Sita to the forests for no fault of hers. According to complainant Singh, it qualifies as maltreatment of women and hence shows the Hindu cultural hero in poor light.

“The Devi was exiled (given ‘vanvasa’) for no fault of hers. It was a hypocritical order from king Ram. How can a man become so cruel to his wife that he sends her off to live in a forest?” Singh says in the complaint.

He lamented that Lord Ram did this even after Sita had sworn in front of fire to always live with her husband.

The lawyer cited this as a case of non-cognisable offence committed by Lord Ram, and the CJM agreed to hear the case on February 1.

The chief protagonist of the Ramayana being draggged to court left people amused, so much so that "Lord Ram" started trending on Twitter. Here is a collection of reactions on the popular microblogging site:

Anyway, if this Lord Ram case goes to court, it will be fun. For the first time, the judge will be calling the accused - My Lord.

— Ramesh Srivats (@rameshsrivats) February 1, 2016

smone filed a case against Lord Ram for abandoning Sita..We should now force Modi govt to declassify the secret files on The Kurukshetra War

— Paresh Rawal (@Babu_Bhaiyaa) February 1, 2016

A case on Lord Ram for cruelty against Sita! What next? Case on Hanuman for travelling to Sri Lanka without visa! Indeed Incredible India!

— Laksh Maheshwari (@Laksh462) February 1, 2016

Shame RT @Amit_smiling: OH MY GOD. What's wrong with my country? A case filed against Lord Ram and the court accepts it.

— Jagdish_Aum (@Jagdish_aum) February 1, 2016

Case filed against Lord Ram.Wonder if he will make the court date.

— Sorabh Pant (@hankypanty) February 1, 2016

BREAKING: Ram Jethmalani offers to appear for petitioner in Lord Ram casehttps://t.co/GWRSgkBv9z[via @ashwinskumar]

— The UnReal Times (@TheUnRealTimes) February 1, 2016

100 of 1000s of cases pending in the Indian courts and they took up a case against lord Ram ! How can a sane person respect judiciary ?

— Proud Bhaqt (@ExSecular) February 1, 2016

In Sita Sings the Blues by Nina Paley, the final scene was Lord Ram as Vishnu, sheepishly massaging Sri's feet... pic.twitter.com/1dfH3IgmYn

— Paul M.M. Cooper (@PaulMMCooper) February 1, 2016

The guy who filed a case against Lord Ram is a liberal exercising democracy while Kamlesh Tiwari should be sentenced to death for blasphemy.

— Badass Sonam (@AsYouNotWish) February 1, 2016

What if Lord Ram is pronounced guilty? I won't be surprised if they arrest Arun Govil who played Lord Ram in Ramayana.??

— Amit.A (@Amit_smiling) February 1, 2016

Man files case against Lord Ram & the court admits it. And we complain that we have a huge backlog of pending cases in our courts.

— Tinu Cherian Abraham (@tinucherian) February 1, 2016