The Apex Court has issued bailable warrants against the chairperson of an NGO for not depositing the cost of ₹ 25 lakh imposed on it for filing 64 PILs over the years without any success & "repeatedly misusing" the jurisdiction of the Supreme Court.
A bench comprising Justice S K Kaul & Justice Hrishikesh Roy said the petitioner-Trust & its chairperson Rajiv Daiya were playing "ducks & drakes" with the Court.
The Supreme Court on Dec 5, 2017, refused to modify its earlier order against NGO Suraz India Trust for filing 64 PILs.
It had dismissed the plea filed by the NGO to modify the top court's May 1 order which also barred the organisation from filing any plea before any court across the country.
Since the costs were not deposited with the Supreme Court Advocates on Record Welfare Trust, the matter was put up again before the top court, & notice was issued on September 29, last year.
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The top court had issued direction to the NGO to disclose the movable & immovable assets of the petitioner which was not complied with.
Later, a request was made by the chairperson of the petitioner-Trust for providing note sheets on the basis with which the directions have been sought by the Registry in the present application.
The Apex Court said, "We fail to appreciate the stand of the petitioner-Trust as to the relevancy of the note sheets as all that was required was costs to be deposited by him, which order has not been complied with. It is thus apparent that the petitioner-Trust & Rajiv Daiya are playing ducks & drakes with the Court."
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The Bench said that "Let bailable warrants issue for production of Rajiv Daiya in the sum of Rs.25,000/- with one surety of the like amount. The warrants are enforced by the local police station & the proceedings will be conducted virtually".
The Supreme Court had on May 1, 2017, taken the punitive step & imposed a hefty cost on the NGO saying waste of judicial time was a matter of serious concern.
The SC had also said such practises have to be dealt with sternly to prevent misuse of the courts by such individuals "who have nothing to do but only cast scandalous & imaginary aspersions".
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On 64 occasions when the Suraz India Trust had approached the Court, it did not get any success, the court had noted.
Referring to the details of the matters filed by the NGO & the various orders passed by the top court, the bench headed by the then Chief Justice J S Khehar had said it "leaves no doubt that Suraz India Trust has repeatedly misused the jurisdiction of this court".
The Supreme Court had on April 24, 2017, rapped the NGO & its chief for wasting judicial time.
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It had issued notice to the NGO for filing 64 petitions over the years under the garb of public interest litigation & Daiya to show cause why he should be allowed to continue filing cases.
The top court had handed over to him a compilation of the 64 pleas filed by him in the nature of writ petitions & review petitions & asked him to respond to the notice.
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