Supreme Court of India

Aleemuddin v. State of Uttar Pradesh and Others

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Reported as [2018] 14 S.C.R. 1103
Bench Dr. Dhananjaya Y Chandrachud and M. R. Shah JJ.
Decided 30 November 2018

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What the Court ordered

We are of the view that the petition which was filed in the High Court by the fifth respondent was not a genuine petition in public interest but was intended to subserve the personal interest of the fifth respondent.

Judgment, page 4

From the headnote

Public Interest Litigation: Misuse of – On facts, in a PIL filed before the High Court by fifth respondent, the Stat e Government was issued directions to take necessary steps to es tablish a new Tehsil building for the District at the village – Th ereafter, SLP by the appellant that PIL filed by fifth respondent for gett ing the Tehsil shifted to a new place was to subserve his personal interest; and that the new Tehsil building would be in close proximity to the land owned by the family of fifth respondent and would i ncrease the value of his land – Held: Petition filed in the High ourt by

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