New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday asked an advocate, who has filed 25 separate PILs on a range of issues, that instead of rushing to the court, he should move before the appropriate authorities.
As soon as the matter came up for hearing before a bench comprising Chief Justice Surya Kant and justices Joymalya Bagchi and Vipul M Pancholi, advocate Sachin Gupta, appearing as petitioner-in-person, submitted that he wanted to withdraw the PILs.
The bench told him, "Concentrate on the profession. You should approach the authorities, make them wiser on certain issues instead of rushing to the court."
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The court further said that as 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 concerned authorities.
The bench said the petitioner may approach the court if nothing happens. The top court allowed the petitioner to withdraw the 25 PILs listed for hearing.
On March 9, the apex court trashed five "frivolous" public interest litigations filed by Gupta, including one seeking a scientific study on whether onion and garlic contain "tamasic" energy, and asked if he drafted them in the middle of the night.
The court had then termed his PILs as "vague, frivolous and baseless".