https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=194334 A writ petition filed as a public interest litigation was found to contain intemperate, denigrating and contradictory pleadings aimed at lowering the prestige of the Court and other constitutional institutions. The Supreme Court treated the petition as an irresponsible exercise in mud-slinging rather than a bona fide public interest action, and recorded a prima facie view that the conduct was designed to bring the Court into contempt. The petition was dismissed, the Registry was directed to initiate contempt proceedings, and the petitioner was restrained from filing public interest litigation in future. en-us Fri, 09 Oct 1987 00:00:00 +0530 Tue, 05 Sep 2017 15:18:03 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=194334 A writ petition filed as a public interest litigation was found to contain intemperate, denigrating and contradictory pleadings aimed at lowering the prestige of the Court and other constitutional institutions. The Supreme Court treated the petition as an irresponsible exercise in mud-slinging rather than a bona fide public interest action, and recorded a prima facie view that the conduct was designed to bring the Court into contempt. The petition was dismissed, the Registry was directed to initiate contempt proceedings, and the petitioner was restrained from filing public interest litigation in future. Case-Laws Indian Laws Fri, 09 Oct 1987 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=194334