The Supreme Court Friday rejected a man’s petition, seeking to be appointed as the President of India and termed it as “frivolous” and and an abuse of the process of Court.
The court dismissed the plea filed by Kishore Jagannath Sawant and asked the Registry not to entertain his further petition on similar issues in the near future, PTI reported.
Sawant, who appeared at the Court in person, claimed that he was not allowed to contest for the recent President polls. He said that being a citizen of the country, he has every right to contest the government policies and procedures.
Bench comprising of DY Chandrachud and Hima Kohli said that this was an abuse of the process of the Court. Sawant’s “scurrilous” remarks made during the process has also been asked to be expunged.
It Court ordered, “the petition is frivolous and an abuse of process of law. The allegations made against the highest constitutional office are without any sense of the responsibility and expunged from the record.”
It noted the prayer made in the petition that he be treated as “undisputed candidate” for the 2022 presidential election, direction to appoint as President of India and for payment of salaries and perks payable to the President since 2004.
Sawant said he is an environmentalist, and can therefore work for the “messy situations” of the world. To this, the court replied saying that Sawant can deliver speeches based on his specialized knowledge, as he is an environmentalist but filing petitions in such a way is not acceptable.
The bench said, “Yes, you have right to contest the government policies and procedures but you don’t have any right to file frivolous petitions and waste the precious time of the court. You can stand outside on the road and give a speech, but you cannot come to the court and occupy public time by filing such frivolous petitions.”
With agency inputs
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