Search Results Page
Search Results
1 - 10 of 14 (0.44 seconds)The Factories Act, 1948
The Societies Registration Act, 1860
Article 32 in Constitution of India [Constitution]
Ashok Kumar Pandey vs The State Of West Bengal on 18 November, 2003
In Ashok Kumar Pandey v. State of West Bengal [(2004) 3
SCC 349], this Court took a cautious approach while entertaining
public interest litigations and held that public interest litigation is a
weapon, which has to be used with great care and circumspection.
The judiciary has to be extremely careful to see that no ugly private
malice, vested interest and/or seeking publicity lurks behind the
beautiful veil of public interest. It is to be used as an effective weapon
in the armoury of law for delivering social justice to citizens. The
attractive brand name of public interest litigation should not be used
for suspicious products of mischief.
Article 21 in Constitution of India [Constitution]
Article 141 in Constitution of India [Constitution]
The Contempt Of Courts Act, 1971
Consumer Education & Research Centre ... vs Union Of India & Others on 27 January, 1995
23. Another aspect, which has still not been clarified by the
petitioner, is how the present petition came to be filed in face of the
judgment of this Court in the case of Consumer Education and
Research Centre (supra) and, in fact, what was the need to file it. It
cannot be ignored that valuable time of this Court is consumed in
dealing with such public interest litigations which are filed without
proper study and data and merely on some reference to very few
workmen working in an industry and without projecting any
requirement at the national level demanding the attention of this Court
in treating it as a national problem. The Kerala State Human Rights
Commission vide order dated 31st January, 2009 has also dealt with
the same problem which does not even find a mention in the present
petition and which the petitioner is expected to know as it claims to be
working for the common man in this behalf. Every litigant, who
approaches the Court, owes a duty to approach the Court with clean
hands and disclose complete facts. A petition which lacks bona fide
and is intended to settle business rivalry or is aimed at taking over of
a company or augmenting the business of another interested
company at the cost of closing business of other units in the garb of
PIL would be nothing but abuse of the process of law.