'Personal Grudge Can't Be Settled In PILs': Allahabad High Court Imposes Cost On Petitioner Seeking Action On SIT Report On Criminal Activities Of Gangster Vikas Dubey
3 years, 6 months ago

'Personal Grudge Can't Be Settled In PILs': Allahabad High Court Imposes Cost On Petitioner Seeking Action On SIT Report On Criminal Activities Of Gangster Vikas Dubey

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The Allahabad High Court on Monday dismissed with cost, a PIL seeking directions to the UP Government for taking action on the SIT report that recommended action against 90 Government officials, for assisting deceased gangster Vikas Dubey, in his alleged criminal activities. A Division Bench of Chief Justice Sanjay Yadav and Justice Ritu Raj Awasthi observed that the plea is an attempt of the Petitioner have his personal grievance redressed through a mode of public interest litigation. "Evidently the petition is nomenclatured as Public Interest Litigation, however on going through entire pleadings it appears that the petitioner has approached this Court to have his personal grievance redressed through a mode of public interest litigation," the Court said. Subsequently, the UP Government formed a SIT lead by Additional Chief Secretary Sanjay Bhoosreddy, to investigate the criminal activities carried out by gangster Vikas Dubey and the steps taken by the authorities to bring him to books in accordance with law.

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