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Giani Devendar Singh Sant Sepoy Singh Vs. Union of India and Another

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Giani Devendar Singh Sant Sepoy Singh Vs. Union of India and Another

Content Provider	Supreme Court of India
e-ISSN	30484839
Language	English
Access Restriction	NDLI
Subject Keyword	Public Interest Litigation
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Law Judgement
Jurisdiction	India
Case Type	Special Leave Petition
Court	Supreme Court of India
Disposal Nature	Petition Dismissed
Headnote	Public Interest Litigation-General and wide allegations about corruption and clandestine activities-Petitioner inter alia alleging smuggling of narcotic drugs by owners of a certain oil mill-High Court order making general and sweeping observations -- Held, High Court should not have issued mandate in general and sweeping terms which were not intended to be implemented nor capable of being implemented because of its vagueness and inherent absurdity-DGP of State, however, required to enquire into truth of allegations of smuggling and illegal activities in oil mill.Judiciary-Sweeping allegations against members of Judiciary-Held, while such allegations are to be deprecated, given the utter confusion and obsession of petitioner, no serious view of such allegations made against members of judiciary taken-Pleadings-PIL.A PIL filed in the MP High Court alleged inter alia that clandestine business of smuggling and selling narcotic drugs was being carried on in an oil mill near the Gurudwara where the petitioner and his wife were Sevadars. It was prayed that a direction be issued to whomsoever it may concern to stop this clandestine business of smuggling, and to direct the Union Government to make arrangements for the export of these costly items in order to conserve foreign exchange so that the country's finances may be revived. The High Court, on 27 February 1992, observed that how-ever absurd the prayer and whatever be the intention of the petitioner in filing the petition, it was clear that the petitioner was obsessed with great and lofty ideals. To satisfy his vanity, therefore, the High Court made certain general directions to prevent smuggling, to sack those officers who were carrying on these activities and to overhaul the entire administrative machinery of the country.In 1993, the petitioner approached the High Court complaining that the concerned authorities had not complied with the direction of the High Court. Complaints made by the petitioner to various authorities was referred to. A Division Bench held that the direction contained in the order dated 27 February 1992 was of a general nature, and in view of the general allegations against all concerned made by the petitioner, no relief could be granted.In appeal before this Court, the petitioner referred to his complaints before various executive and judicial authorities, and in particular alleged that a named judge was dishonest, communal and corrupt and that the judicial officers before whom the complaints had been presented, failed to take action because of patronage of that judge. There was also a prayer for a direction for implementation of Hindi as a national language.
Judge	Hon'ble Mr. Justice G.N. Ray
Neutral Citation	1995 INSC 5
Petitioner	Giani Devendar Singh Sant Sepoy Singh
Respondent	Union Of India And Another
SCR	[1995] 1 S.C.R. 27
Judgement Date	1995-01-04
Case Number	1208-09

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