Madras high court imposes Rs 15,000 cost on petitioner for filing false case
TNN | Jan 9, 2020, 03.07 PM IST
TNN | Jan 9, 2020, 03.07 PM IST
MADURAI: The Madras high court on Thursday imposed a cost of Rs 15,000 on a petitioner for filing a false case stating that his father, who is a ward councillor in Mudukulathur panchayat union in Ramanathapuram district, had been abducted.
S Raja filed a habeas corpus petition in the high court seeking to rescue his father, Sathaiah. Sathaiah, a DMK member, was recently elected as the councillor of ward eight in Mudukulathur panchayat union. Raja said his father had been abducted to prevent him from casting his vote in the indirect elections in the panchayat union scheduled to be held on January 11.
On Wednesday, the court directed police officials to produce the petitioner’s father before it on January 9, failing which the Ramanathapuram superintendent of police should appear before the court to explain the status of the case.
Police produced Sathaiah in the court on Thursday. Sathaiah informed the court that he had not been abducted and had been living in daughter’s house.
Taking note of the submissions, a division bench of Justice T Raja and Justice B Pugalendhi imposed a cost of Rs 15,000 on the petitioner for wasting the time of the court by filing a false case. The judges directed the petitioner to pay the cost to the high court legal services authority within 10 days.
S Raja filed a habeas corpus petition in the high court seeking to rescue his father, Sathaiah. Sathaiah, a DMK member, was recently elected as the councillor of ward eight in Mudukulathur panchayat union. Raja said his father had been abducted to prevent him from casting his vote in the indirect elections in the panchayat union scheduled to be held on January 11.
On Wednesday, the court directed police officials to produce the petitioner’s father before it on January 9, failing which the Ramanathapuram superintendent of police should appear before the court to explain the status of the case.
Police produced Sathaiah in the court on Thursday. Sathaiah informed the court that he had not been abducted and had been living in daughter’s house.
Taking note of the submissions, a division bench of Justice T Raja and Justice B Pugalendhi imposed a cost of Rs 15,000 on the petitioner for wasting the time of the court by filing a false case. The judges directed the petitioner to pay the cost to the high court legal services authority within 10 days.
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