Content Provider | Supreme Court of India |
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e-ISSN | 30484839 |
Language | English |
Access Restriction | NDLI |
Subject Keyword | Public Interest Litigation: Abuse of process of law |
Content Type | Text |
Resource Type | Law Order |
Jurisdiction | India |
Case Type | Writ Petition |
Court | Supreme Court of India |
Disposal Nature | Petition Dismissed |
Headnote | Public Interest Litigation: Abuse of process of law - Writ petition seeking writ of mandamus to constitute a Special Investigation Team (SIT) headed by retired Chief Justice of India to investigate in the matter of alleged conspiracy and payment of bribes for procuring favourable orders in a matter pending before Supreme Court - Plea of Union of India that petitioner is abusing the process of court and this very issue in an identical writ petition titled Kamini Jaiswal v. UOI was considered and dismissed by this court on 14. ll.2017 and, therefore, instant writ petition is also liable to be dismissed on this ground alone - Held: The FIR which came for consideration in the case of Kamini Jaiswal and in the instant case, is the same - The facts, the relief. the submission being same which was in Kamini Jaiswal, no ground to entertain the instant petition was made out as the matter had already been decidedĀ· by this Court - The petition is not only wholly frivolous, but contemptuous, unwarranted, aims at scandalising the highest judicial system of the country, without any reasonable basis and filed in an irresponsible manner, that too by a body of persons professing to espouse the cause of accountability - The instant petition, in particular; the manner in which it has been pursued without any remorse by questioning the decision rendered on the subject matter by this Court including the plea taken in the earlier petition is gross abuse of the process of court - Therefore, writ petition is dismissed with cost of Rs. 25 lakhs to be deposited by the petitioner - Cost. |
Judge | N/A |
Neutral Citation | 2017 INSC 1091 |
Petitioner | Campaign For Judicial Accountability And Reforms |
Respondent | Union Of India And Others |
SCR | [2017] 12 S.C.R. 337 |
Judgement Date | 2017-12-01 |
Case Number | 169 |
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