Courts across the country are often faced with matters filed by overly “public-spirited” litigants. More often than not, this type of litigation amounts to a waste of the already overburdened court’s precious time..Such was the case in the Madhya Pradesh High Court, when a litigant filed a writ petition trying to bring attention to the potentially hazardous radiation emitted by mobile phones..The Court, instead of dismissing the petition outright, decided to have a little fun. On August 31, the Bench of Chief Justice Hemant Gupta and Justice Vijay Kumar Shukla ended up passing the following order:.“Learned counsel for the petitioners seeks some time as to whether the petitioners are ready and willing to surrender their mobiles so as to firstly protect themselves from the hazardous use of mobile before seeking directions in this matter.”.The petitioners, including one Rajendra Diwan, are now left with the daunting prospect of giving up their mobile phones for the greater good of society..They will have to make that decision by September 14, when the matter will next be taken up..Read the order:.HT to @ghairkanooni
Courts across the country are often faced with matters filed by overly “public-spirited” litigants. More often than not, this type of litigation amounts to a waste of the already overburdened court’s precious time..Such was the case in the Madhya Pradesh High Court, when a litigant filed a writ petition trying to bring attention to the potentially hazardous radiation emitted by mobile phones..The Court, instead of dismissing the petition outright, decided to have a little fun. On August 31, the Bench of Chief Justice Hemant Gupta and Justice Vijay Kumar Shukla ended up passing the following order:.“Learned counsel for the petitioners seeks some time as to whether the petitioners are ready and willing to surrender their mobiles so as to firstly protect themselves from the hazardous use of mobile before seeking directions in this matter.”.The petitioners, including one Rajendra Diwan, are now left with the daunting prospect of giving up their mobile phones for the greater good of society..They will have to make that decision by September 14, when the matter will next be taken up..Read the order:.HT to @ghairkanooni