The Supreme Court on Monday refused to entertain a slew of public interest litigation (PIL) petitions, most of which it deemed frivolous..The Court reopened on Monday after its summer vacation which lasted for 7 weeks. The reopening day saw many PIL petitions listed before various Benches, particularly the Court of Chief Justice of India (CJI). Below are some of the PILs rejected by the Court or withdrawn because the Court declined to entertain them..PIL to halt Centre's access of the Aadhaar database till safety guidelines are in place This PIL came up before a bench of Chief Justice of India (CJI) DY Chandrachud and Justices JB Pardiwala and Manoj Misra.CJI DY Chandrachud at the outset remarked, "Looks like this is at the behest of some one." The Bench asked the petitioner to move the High Court first and dismissed the PIL while granting the petitioner the liberty to approach the concerned High Court. .PIL to bar national political parties from contesting local body polls"What kind of PIL is this? You can withdraw and exercise other remedies available with you. How can you come under Article 32. We cannot have a general PIL like this," the CJI-led Bench sternly said.The plea was immediately withdrawn..PIL in a service matterThis PIL too was heard by the bench headed by CJI Chandrachud. "We have already held that a public interest litigation will not lie in service matters at all. The graver danger is that in such cases you have been set up by someone to file this."The matter was eventually withdrawn with liberty to move the concerned High Court..PIL for directions to take action against cyber terrorism The CJI approached the issue in a lighter vein, and before dismissing the case said,"When we hear PILs by you on Mondays and Fridays, we get some comic relief. You have laws today and the government is there to look into all this. Not for the judicial domain.".PIL in Supreme Court to have women doctors, prosecutors for sexual assault survivors The Bench was baffled by the nature of the prayers."It is also about availability of doctors. Also, how can we direct that only women public prosecutors be appointed in cases of gender violence? We cannot say something like this," the CJI remarked.The petitioner was eventually allowed to withdraw the plea..PIL against poor state of roads This matter was heard by a Bench of Justices Sudhanshu Dhulia and Ahsanuddin Amanullah.Justice Amanullah at the outset asked whether there was any enforceable law in this regard. "What are you actually wanting to put forth? Where is the law for this? What is the point? Kindly show. We do not want to waste time to do your homework. You have raised a wide question without showing any provision of law."The counsel then lamented that contractors are digging layer after layer on public roads, and residents have been suffering."You withdraw with liberty to approach the jurisdictional High Court after doing more research," Justice Dhulia then instructed.The plea was, therefore, withdrawn. .How Supreme Court dealt with frivolous PILs in 2022
The Supreme Court on Monday refused to entertain a slew of public interest litigation (PIL) petitions, most of which it deemed frivolous..The Court reopened on Monday after its summer vacation which lasted for 7 weeks. The reopening day saw many PIL petitions listed before various Benches, particularly the Court of Chief Justice of India (CJI). Below are some of the PILs rejected by the Court or withdrawn because the Court declined to entertain them..PIL to halt Centre's access of the Aadhaar database till safety guidelines are in place This PIL came up before a bench of Chief Justice of India (CJI) DY Chandrachud and Justices JB Pardiwala and Manoj Misra.CJI DY Chandrachud at the outset remarked, "Looks like this is at the behest of some one." The Bench asked the petitioner to move the High Court first and dismissed the PIL while granting the petitioner the liberty to approach the concerned High Court. .PIL to bar national political parties from contesting local body polls"What kind of PIL is this? You can withdraw and exercise other remedies available with you. How can you come under Article 32. We cannot have a general PIL like this," the CJI-led Bench sternly said.The plea was immediately withdrawn..PIL in a service matterThis PIL too was heard by the bench headed by CJI Chandrachud. "We have already held that a public interest litigation will not lie in service matters at all. The graver danger is that in such cases you have been set up by someone to file this."The matter was eventually withdrawn with liberty to move the concerned High Court..PIL for directions to take action against cyber terrorism The CJI approached the issue in a lighter vein, and before dismissing the case said,"When we hear PILs by you on Mondays and Fridays, we get some comic relief. You have laws today and the government is there to look into all this. Not for the judicial domain.".PIL in Supreme Court to have women doctors, prosecutors for sexual assault survivors The Bench was baffled by the nature of the prayers."It is also about availability of doctors. Also, how can we direct that only women public prosecutors be appointed in cases of gender violence? We cannot say something like this," the CJI remarked.The petitioner was eventually allowed to withdraw the plea..PIL against poor state of roads This matter was heard by a Bench of Justices Sudhanshu Dhulia and Ahsanuddin Amanullah.Justice Amanullah at the outset asked whether there was any enforceable law in this regard. "What are you actually wanting to put forth? Where is the law for this? What is the point? Kindly show. We do not want to waste time to do your homework. You have raised a wide question without showing any provision of law."The counsel then lamented that contractors are digging layer after layer on public roads, and residents have been suffering."You withdraw with liberty to approach the jurisdictional High Court after doing more research," Justice Dhulia then instructed.The plea was, therefore, withdrawn. .How Supreme Court dealt with frivolous PILs in 2022
