KEYWORD: Supreme Court, PIL, Petitioner, Democratic Country
The Supreme Court on Monday started a court proceeding against Upendra Nath Dalai who failed to deposit 1 lakh Rupees that was imposed on him for filing a public interest litigation (PIL) petition to declare Satsang founder Sree Sree Thakur Anukulchandra a parmatma.
In the last hearing, Supreme Court dismissed the PIL and held that as India is a democratic country such type of prayer cannot be made by the way of PILs.
It had, therefore, imposed a cost of Rs. 1 LAKH on the petitioner for filing the “misconceived” plea.
The bench noted that the amount has not been yet deposited so they initiate contempt of court proceeding against the petitioner
Written by : Soumya Pandey, Collage: NMIMS, SOL, BENGALURU, Semester: 3rd legal intern under Legal Vidhiya
