Office held by constitutional
functionaries in public trust are not open to denigration in a court of
law by self-styled warriors of public interest, the #DelhiHighCourt has observed while dismissing a PIL against appointment of Justice #DYChandrachud as #CJI.
functionaries in public trust are not open to denigration in a court of
law by self-styled warriors of public interest, the #DelhiHighCourt has observed while dismissing a PIL against appointment of Justice #DYChandrachud as #CJI.
A division of Chief Justice Satish Chandra Sharma and Justice Subramonium Prasad says that while wishful thinking is not a prohibited activity, but when it forms part of the grounds of a petition before the court, it amounts to an abuse of the process of the court.
The PIL by one Sanjeev Kumar Tiwari, president of an organisation named Gram Uday Foundation had made several unsubstantiated allegations against Justice Chandrachud. The High had imposed a cost of Rs 1 lakh on the petitioner.
The court said that a similar petition has already been dismissed by the SC and therefore the petitioner chose to come to HC "camouflaging the same issue as a fresh cause, which
reflects on his oblique motive and highlights the questionable credentials of
the Petitioner".
reflects on his oblique motive and highlights the questionable credentials of
the Petitioner".
The court further said that it has now become a fashion to approach the court making scandalous allegations against the judges and therefore the petition is nothing but an abuse of the process of law.
#DelhiHighCourt
#CJIDYChandrachud
#DelhiHighCourt
#CJIDYChandrachud
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