Saidai.Sa.Duraisamy vs Stalin. M.K on 1 June, 2017
That I have read over the contents of accompanying writ petition pp. 1 to 13, paras 1 to 18, synopsis and list of dates, pp. A to C and I say that the same are true and correct on knowledge and based on the record of the case.
The affidavit shows that the contents were true and correct to his knowledge and based on records. Strangely, it has not been indicated as to what is the source of his knowledge and is based on what records. Even the copy of the order passed by the Punjab and Haryana High Court where he filed writ application on allegedly identical issues, as indicated in the petition, has not been annexed. The casual and cavalier fashion in which it appears to have been handled and of late attempted to be made ipse dixit in a laconic and lackadaisical manner compels us to draw the only inference that the Petitioner is a busybody bent upon self-publicity sans any sense of responsibility unmindful of the adverse impact, at times it may go to create at the expenses of decency and dignity of constitutional offices and functionaries and there is no element or even trace of public interest involved in the petition.
55.15. The Learned Senior Counsel for the 1st Respondent cites the decision of Hon'ble Supreme Court Kamalnath V. Sudesh Verma reported in (2002) 2 Supreme Court Cases 410 at Special Page 411 wherein it is held as follows: