"You are not well": Delhi High Court to man for "preposterous" allegations against PM Modi

The Delhi High Court on Wednesday rejected a plea seeking disqualification of Prime Minister Narendra Modi from contesting elections and said that person who filed the plea appeared to be suffering from mental health issues. .A Division Bench of Acting Chief Justice Manmohan and Justice Tushar Rao Gedela asked the local Station House Officer (SHO) and the District Judge to keep a watch on the petitioner, Captain Deepak Kumar and exercise their powers under the Mental Healthcare Act, if necessary. The Court passed the order after Kumar alleged that the Prime Minister Modi, Home Minister Amit Shah and former Civil Aviation Minister (now Minister of Communications) Jyotiraditya Scindia have taken false oath of allegiance to the Indian Constitution.Kumar added that the Prime Minister is attempting to kill him with the help of a former Chief Justice of India.The Court on Wednesday asked Kumar about his well being. "Are you well? You petition is incoherent. It is going from one end of the spectrum to the other. It is going from saying that the plane you were flying crashed to your daughter is missing to former CJI trying to kill you. Are you well? No human being can understand the petition. It makes no sense and the single-judge is right in saying that it is replete with unsubstantiated allegations," the Bench remarked. The Bench concluded that all the allegations made by Kumar are a figment of his imagination and bereft of any material particulars.It added that the allegations are preposterous and, therefore, dismissed the appeal while asking the authorities to keep a watch on him. .Kumar had earlier approached the single-judge of the High Court claiming that Modi submitted false oath that he will bear true faith and allegiance to the Constitution of India.“The Candidate for Varanasi constituency for the 2024 general elections Narender Modi had submitted before the returning officer a false oath or affirmation to bear true faith and allegiance to the Constitution of India," the petition said.The plea alleged that Modi was hatching a conspiracy and was involved in an act of terrorism. He said that Modi tried to kill the petitioner by crashing a plane that he was in command of.Kumar demanded that Modi’s false oath should be investigated in an effective and time bound manner and if the allegations are found to be true, he should be debarred from holding any public office..The plea was rejected by the single-judge of the High Court on May 30 after the Bench held that it was mala fide.