The Supreme Court on Friday dismissed a public interest litigation (PIL) petition challenging Charles Darwin's Theory of Evolution and Einstein's popular mass–energy equivalence (E=MC²) equation..The PIL filed by one Raj Kumar came up before before a Bench of Justices Sanjay Kishan Kaul and Sudhanshu Dhulia.The petitioner contended that these theories were incorrect and had caused harm to thousands of people, and thus should not be taught in educational institutions.In response, the Court urged the petitioner to either re-educate themselves or develop an alternative theory. It asserted that individuals cannot be compelled to unlearn established scientific theories and dismissed the PIL."Then you go re-educate yourself or make your own theory. We cannot compel anyone to unlearn. Dismissed," the Court said..Notably, just before this PIL was mentioned, advocate Raghav Awasthi had appeared in another another PIL seeking the formulation of a national traffic management policy. Justice Kaul was quick to respond, saying,"We should impose costs on such PILs."Awasthi decided to withdraw the PIL and expressed his intention to approach the High Court instead.
The Supreme Court on Friday dismissed a public interest litigation (PIL) petition challenging Charles Darwin's Theory of Evolution and Einstein's popular mass–energy equivalence (E=MC²) equation..The PIL filed by one Raj Kumar came up before before a Bench of Justices Sanjay Kishan Kaul and Sudhanshu Dhulia.The petitioner contended that these theories were incorrect and had caused harm to thousands of people, and thus should not be taught in educational institutions.In response, the Court urged the petitioner to either re-educate themselves or develop an alternative theory. It asserted that individuals cannot be compelled to unlearn established scientific theories and dismissed the PIL."Then you go re-educate yourself or make your own theory. We cannot compel anyone to unlearn. Dismissed," the Court said..Notably, just before this PIL was mentioned, advocate Raghav Awasthi had appeared in another another PIL seeking the formulation of a national traffic management policy. Justice Kaul was quick to respond, saying,"We should impose costs on such PILs."Awasthi decided to withdraw the PIL and expressed his intention to approach the High Court instead.