Frivolous PILs Should Be Nipped In Bud; They Encroach Judicial Time, Stall Development Activities

Case: Ardhendu Kumar Das vs State of Odisha

Corum: Justices BR Gavai and Hima Kohli

Case No.: Civil Appeal No. 4515 Of 2022

Court Observation: “In the recent past, it is noticed that there is mushroom growth of public interest litigations. However, in many of such petitions, there is no public interest involved at all. The petitions are either publicity interest litigations or personal interest litigation. We highly deprecate practice of filing such frivolous petitions. They are nothing but abuse of process of law. They encroach upon a valuable judicial time which could be otherwise utilized for considering genuine issues. It is high time that such so­called public interest litigations are nipped in the bud so that the developmental activities in the larger public interest are not stalled”.

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Frivolous PILs, Judicial Time