Joining the list of useless PILs is this one :
Shruti Singh, a lawyer of the Patna High Court, filed a case against Tata in the Chief Judicial Magistrate’s court here Monday as, according to her, the launch could influence poll results and therefore was tantamount to violating the model code of conduct during elections. She has sought an injunction against the commercial launch of the Nano.
“I filed the case against Ratan Tata to expose his attempt to help Modi in the elections by commercially launching Nano to send (the) message that it was possible thanks to Modi,” Singh told IANS.
This is so silly that it is not even funny. For one, the Nano was planned well in advance and if not for Miss Mamta, it would have rolled well in advance, from a different state, ruled by a different party, crediting a different Chief Minister in the process; which discredits her logic in the first place. By filing the PIL, I believe she is trying to influence the poll results too; hence, someone can file a case against her. I really hope there are stricter laws against attention seekers and silly PIL filers. Also, notice the case being filed against Ratan Tata, which makes as much sense as the PIL itself. Well, atleast she is consistent I must say.
Soon I am going to file a PIL against PILs. And then a PIL against that PIL against PILs. And then a PIL against that. Then I will be famous one day. And I shall write a post on myself.
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March 25, 2009 at 10:05 am
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I will not agree with all the aspects of this PIL but there might be some element of truth there. I understand Mamata’s role in that but if not there where should TATA go ? And this particular part of the decision can be influenced … might be .. we do not know .. we will never know. And yes .. even the election dates were quite known. So for moving out this might just be how the things turned out … but to move to where and when to launch .. might be bit dirty with other tricks. Now PIL and other stuff might make us not to even think about it .. but as i said we will never know.
April 2, 2009 at 10:51 pm
PIL against IPL shift. « News You Can’t Use !
[...] Following the tradition of useless PILs is this one which further raises the bar of frivolity for future PIL filers : PIL filed against shifting IPL to South Africa. The petition filed by President of All India Karate Federation Rameshwar Nirvan before a Division Bench comprising Justice R C Gandhi and Justice Mahesh Bhagwati claims that the shifting of the venue will cost huge revenue loss to the nation besides depriving entertainment to cricket fans. It is safe to assume that everything that protects our fundamental rights in a democracy asymptotically tends to be exploited. With almost 30 million pending cases in Indian courts, such PILs can very well be construed as contempt of court. I wonder if frivolous PILs should be penalized to deter wastage of court time; or atleast there should be a way to effectively convey this message to the individual : Kindly depart with the sole intention of self-copulation. More on PILs here. [...]