Udyami Evam Khadi Gramodyog Welfare ... vs State Of U.P. And Others on 5 December, 2007
In
Evam Khadi Gramodyog Welfare Sanstha and another vs. State of U.P. And others
[(2008) 1 SCC 560], it was held by the Hon'ble Apex Court that the writ
jurisdiction being equitable one, the suppression of any material fact should
not be taken lightly and the conduct of a person to have recourse to the legal
proceedings over and over again can be presumed to be abuse of process of law.
In the context of the factual situation therein, viz., a party having been
unsuccessful in his attempt to stall the recovery proceedings against the
Samiti, a fictitious welfare Sanstha, namely, Udhyami Evam Khadi Gramodyog
Welfare Sanstha was started for the purpose of filing a Public Interest
Litigation and finding that the conduct of the appellant in filing various
writ petitions in various names is abuse of process of law, the Apex Court has
held as follows: