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The Supreme Court today rejected an LIP seeking a judicial inquiry into various financial scams, including the sensational PNB fraud case, observing that unjustified and vexatious claims were made against the Prime Minister and the Minister of Finance.
The task force led by Chief Justice Dipak Misra expressed his deep dissatisfaction with the allegations made in the petition against the Prime Minister and the Minister of Finance.
"Given the unjustified, unjustified and vexatious claims made in the petition, we are not inclined to accept this petition, the petition is dismissed," added the court, which also included judges AM Khanwilkar and DY Chandrachud.
Qualifying as the "Public Interest Litigation" LIP filed by attorney Manohar Lal Sharma, the bench stated that the basic premise of a petition is that if a person is named, then there should be documents or averments to support the statements.
"This is not allowed … the body of the petition can not contain allegations against the Prime Minister and the Minister of Finance without supporting documents," said the bench of [19659002"MrSharmayoustopallthat"Imageofpublicofficialslikethis"saidJudgeChandrachudadding"thisweshouldnotencourage"
When Sharma submitted that he would delete the names of the leaders of his petition, the bench once said a petition filed, he goes to the court that makes a decision and the lawyer can not ask permission to delete something and deposit it again .
"Your allegations must be substantiated by documents and that is the law established by this court"
Comments were made when Attorney General KK Venugopal referred to the "objectionable objections" in the petition against the Prime Minister and the Minister of Finance and asked for his dismissal
. Unfounded accusations were brought against the two main government leaders
The legal adviser also informed the court that the CBI, which is investigating the PNB fraud case, has already laid charges in the case. species.
an SIT investigation into the big financial scams, including the PNB fraud case that occurred in the past.
Sharma, during the hearing, alleged that no bank would have released huge funds without the intervention of the political leadership. His PIL had asked for the creation of a SIT composed of retired Supreme Court judges, saying that bank fraud had caused serious damage to the public and to the state treasury.
An agency "should not be controlled by political leaders / authorities," said the petition. He had also alleged that loans had been granted in this case without following the financial rules and regular systems of the RBI.
The bench is already seized of another LIP filed by lawyer Vineet Dhanda in search of an SIT investigation and the expulsion of billionaire Nirav Modi The CBI has already registered two FIR – one on January 31 and another recently against billionaire Nirav Modi, his close Mehul Choksi of Gitanjali Gems and others for allegedly defrauding the GNP of about 11,400 crores. 19659017] (This story was not edited by Business Standard staff and is generated automatically from a syndicated feed.)
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