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The Supreme Court has imposed a fine of Rs 5 lakh on a man for claiming in a PIL that the oath taken by the Bombay High Court chief justice was "defective", and said it was a frivolous attempt to gain publicity.
India News: The Supreme Court has fined a man Rs 5 lakh for filing a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) claiming that the oath taken by the Bombay high court chief
The top court said this was only a frivolous attempt to use the PIL jurisdiction to propagate some publicity for the petitioner
While imposing costs on the petitioner, CJI Chandrachud observed that the time has come to dissuade such petitions.
In a strong expression of exasperation with frivolous Public Interest Litigations (PILs), the Supreme Court today (13.10.2023) imposed costs on a petitioner who had challenged the validity of the oath...