HC imposes cost on petitioner
14/02/2020, STAFF REPORTER,MADURAI
In an unusual petition filed before the Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court on Thursday, a petitioner sought a direction to the Centre and the State to waive educational loans to the tune of ₹55,000 crore all over the country.
Annoyed over the frivolous petition, a Division Bench of Justices M. Duraiswamy and T. Ravindran imposed a cost of ₹ 10,000 on the petitioner. The court observed that the petitioner had wasted the time of the court and dismissed the petition.
The petitioner, A.M. Sundaravel of Tirunelveli, said that he had read various media reports on many multi-national, national and private corporate companies having failed to repay loans. Banks were only strict in recovering loans that were obtained for educational purposes, the petitioner said.
During the course of the hearing, the court questioned the petitioner as to how he had filed the public interest litigation petition seeking such a prayer.
The court asked him to pay the cost imposed to the credit of the Chief Justice Relief Fund.
Ironically, in his petition, Mr. Sundaravel said that should the court find the PIL petition to be frivolous, wasted the time of the court or vexatious and in the event of imposition of cost by the court, he was ready to pay the cost.
14/02/2020, STAFF REPORTER,MADURAI
In an unusual petition filed before the Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court on Thursday, a petitioner sought a direction to the Centre and the State to waive educational loans to the tune of ₹55,000 crore all over the country.
Annoyed over the frivolous petition, a Division Bench of Justices M. Duraiswamy and T. Ravindran imposed a cost of ₹ 10,000 on the petitioner. The court observed that the petitioner had wasted the time of the court and dismissed the petition.
The petitioner, A.M. Sundaravel of Tirunelveli, said that he had read various media reports on many multi-national, national and private corporate companies having failed to repay loans. Banks were only strict in recovering loans that were obtained for educational purposes, the petitioner said.
During the course of the hearing, the court questioned the petitioner as to how he had filed the public interest litigation petition seeking such a prayer.
The court asked him to pay the cost imposed to the credit of the Chief Justice Relief Fund.
Ironically, in his petition, Mr. Sundaravel said that should the court find the PIL petition to be frivolous, wasted the time of the court or vexatious and in the event of imposition of cost by the court, he was ready to pay the cost.
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