PUBLIC INTEREST LITIGATION, BE CAREFUL!


Hours after assuming the office of Chief Justice of India, Justice S H Kapadia today spoke his mind for conducting the business of the Supreme Court by saying that any attempt to push frivolous PILs (Public Interest Litigation) would be dealt with sternly.
"Huge cost will be imposed for filing frivolous PILs," Justice Kapadia, who was heading a three-judge Bench on the first day of his office as CJI, said during the hearing of one such (public interest litigation) PIL. Moreover, he said that the fine money would be used to develop the infrastructure of the court.

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