Half-baked PILs cannot be entertained; Delhi HC [Read the Judgment]
Delhi High Court on Tuesday, while dismissing a PIL on the ground that it cannot entertain half-baked petition, observed that a Person who brings a PIL is required to satisfy the Court as to the illegality in the actions of the State affecting the public interest.The PIL was filed by an NGO 'Center for Human Rights' which sought for a direction to the Centre to define its policy on. Delhi High Court on Tuesday, while dismissing a PIL on the ground that it cannot entertain half-baked petition, observed that a Person who brings a PIL is required to satisfy the Court as to the illegality in the actions of the State affecting the public interest. In Centre for Human Rights v. Union of India, A two Judge Bench comprising of Chief Justice G Rohini and Justice RS Endlaw observed that the Court cannot set in motion the process of the Court on a half or less-baked petition even though the number of 10,081 children who have died does indeed appear to be high. The Court also found that the present petition has been filed without studying the present legal position and which lends the Court to believe that the same is more in the nature of personal interest as a public interest activist rather than any desire to toil for the benefit of the public.
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