Supreme Court Dismisses PIL on Fake Medical Degrees, Rebukes Petitioner
The Supreme Court dismissed a PIL seeking an audit of medical regulations and an expert committee on fake degrees, reprimanding the petitioner for filing petitions routinely.
The Supreme Court on Wednesday dismissed a public interest litigation raising concerns about fake and forged medical degrees, while sharply criticising the petitioner for repeatedly approaching the court with such pleas.
A bench of Justice P.S. Narasimha and Justice Alok Aradhe rejected the petition filed by advocate Narendra Kumar Goswami. The court took exception to what it described as a pattern of frequent filings by the petitioner.
"You file one PIL per week. What kind of petitions do you draft? You have made it a factory," the bench observed, according to the proceedings. The court further remarked that the petitioner appeared to draft writ petitions as soon as he came across news reports, and questioned whether such filings were intended for publicity and popularity.
The bench advised the petitioner not to routinely burden the court with petitions of this nature.
The plea had sought directions for auditing medical regulations and for constituting an expert committee to examine the issue of fake and forged medical degrees.