"Vague and Malicious," Supreme Court On Ludhiana Cloth Trader's PIL against PM CARES Fund
CJI Kant termed the petition filed by one Rajnish Sidhu to be vague and malicious.
The Supreme Court of India refused to entertain a frivolous PIL filed by one Rajnish Sidhu.
The Supreme Court today dismissed a PIL filed by a Cloth Trader from Ludhiana who told the court that he had used Artificial Intelligence to draft the petition filed by him.
"Dobara aisi petition mat file karna warna aapke khilaaf karwaahi ho jaegi," CJI Surya Kant warned the petitioner, one Rajnish Sidhu appearing in person before the Supreme Court.
As the matter was taken up today, Sidhu told the bench also comprising Justices Bagchi and Mahadevan that he was a hosiery trader with a Class 12 education.
Hearing this, CJI asked him as to who had drafted the petition for him. Siddhu vehemently stated that he himself had drafted the petition. However, the bench did not agree with him.
When Sidhu stated that h directly came to the top court to file his first plea, the CJI sarcastically said, “‘Bada bahaduri ka kaam kiya, seedha Ludhiana se chalke aagaye".
“I will take your English exam right here,” the CJI said, adding, “If you manage to score even 30 per cent, I will believe you drafted this plea.” The CJI then went on to ask Sidhu to explain “Fiduciary Risk of Corporate Donors”, a term used in his PIL.
When no response to the query was received, the CJI said "Mr. Sidhu this has been written and given to you by some advocate. You are just reading the script,” and warned that an investigation by the Punjab Vigilance Bureau would be ordered.
The bench went on to junk the PIL with a warning that any such attempt in future will invite penal and financial consequences. “‘Jaao, Ludhiana mein 2-3 aur sweater becho… Jin logo ka kaam hai aisi petition file karna, woh nuksaan kardengay apka costs lagwa ke,” Chief Justice Kant said while dismissing the PIL.
Justice yesterday, Supreme Court had also refused to entertain a petition seeking directions to conduct research on the tamasic nature of onion and garlic. Dismissing the petition as frivolous, the bench comprising Chief Justice of India Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi pulled up the lawyer, who appeared as party-in-person.