
'Petitioners Must Do Their Homework Before Filing PILs', Delhi HC Notes While Dismissing Plea Seeking Closure of Illegal Hookah Bars In Delhi
Live LawWhile dismissing a PIL seeking closure of illegal hookah bars in Delhi, the Delhi High Court rapped the Petitioner for lack of preparedness and went on to highlight that Petitioners must do their homework before filing Public Interest Litigation plea. While allowing the Petitioner to withdraw his plea, the Division Bench of Chief Justice DN Patel and Justice Prateek Jalan remarked that: 'Everyone has become a champion of filing bogus PILs.' The present plea was filed to seek a direction to be issued to the South Delhi Municipal Corporation and the Delhi Police to identify hookah bars that are operating illegally and immediately proceed towards their closure. At the outset, the court pulled up the counsel on the locus of the Petitioner: 'He's a clerk at a lower court, what does he know about the building regulations and municipal bylaws?
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