Along with PIL, SC throws our petitioner in case against Guv
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- Friday, 23 March 2012 15:51
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Gujarat Global News Network, Ahmedabad
The SC witnessed unusual scenes on Thursday while hearing a PIL seeking removal of Gujarat Governor Kamla Beniwal. After Supreme Court dismissed the PIL and imposed a fine of Rs 1 lakh on the petitioner, it had to call security to take the petitioner away as he continued with his arguments.
A bench of justices H L Dattu and A K Dave took strong exception that advocate Ashok Pande, a native of UP, “misused” the public interest litigation and imposed a cost of Rs 1 lakh on the advocate for filing the “misconceived” and “misleading” petition.
Pande had filed a PIL seeking removal of the Gujarat Governor Kamla Beniwal after Chief Minister Narendra Modi wrote a letter to the Prime Minister seeking her recall for appointing R A Mehta as Lokayukta without his consent.
The SC bench had made it clear that the petition was “frivolous” and it would impose heavy cost if the petitioner went ahead with the arguments. But Pande went ahead with his arguments for an hour. In the end, the bench dismissed his petition and imposed a cost of Rs 1 lakh on him.
But Pande made submissions even after the order was dictated and then sought apology with folded hands. Not accepting his apology, the bench told him it had warned him at the beginning of the hearing and called the security to take him away as he continued with his arguments. The lawyer was taken out of court room forcibly by a security guard.
Pande had earlier approached the Gujarat High Court, which had dismissed his PIL for recall of the Governor and slapped him with a penalty of Rs 25,000 for frivolous litigation. He then approached the SC.
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