Approach authorities instead of rushing with PILs: SC
The Supreme Court on Friday told an advocate, who has filed 25 separate PILs on a range of issues, that he should approach the authorities instead of rushing to the court.
As soon as the matter was called up for hearing, advocate Sachin Gupta, who was appearing as petitioner-in-person, told a bench headed by Chief Justice Surya Kant that he wanted to withdraw the PILs.
“You concentrate on the profession. You should approach the authorities, make them wiser on certain issues instead of rushing to the court,” the CJI, who was heading the bench which also comprised Justices Joymalya Bagchi and Vipul M Pancholi, told Gupta.
The bench said at the appropriate stage, the court would also entertain his petitions if the need arises. The CJI said that, being a member of the bar and a person with legal knowledge, the petitioner should identify the issues with an analytical approach and try to sensitise the authorities concerned.
The bench said if nothing happens, then the petitioner may approach the court.
The top court allowed the petitioner to withdraw the 25 PILs which were listed for hearing.
The PILs filed by the petitioner sought a range of directions, including to frame a policy to develop a common link language in the country for official purposes and draft a policy for legal awareness shows on television to spread legal knowledge among the general public.
