Bhubaneswar: Soon after the Supreme Court refused to entertain petitions against the Srimandir Heritage Corridor Project in Puri, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik expressed that not a leaf moves without Lord Jagannath’s will.
ତୁମ ଇଚ୍ଛା ବିନା ପତ୍ରଟେ ହଲେନି ଆହେ ଜଗନ୍ନାଥ। ଜୟ ଜଗନ୍ନାଥ ? pic.twitter.com/HAtr6wPf2Y
— Naveen Patnaik (@Naveen_Odisha) June 3, 2022
The Supreme Court has dismissed all the two petitions filed against the Srimandir Heritage Corridor Project on Friday.
The SC has also termed the petitions as frivolous and imposed a penalty of Rs 1 lakh each on both the petitioners.
A vacation bench comprising Justices B.R. Gavai and Hima Kohli criticised the PIL petitioners for wasting court’s time with frivolous petitions and also pointed out that in the recent past there has been a mushrooming growth in the PILs. “We deprecate the practice of filing such PILsa. It’s a waste of judicial time and it needs to be nipped in the bud so that development work is not stalled…,” said the bench.
The bench added that many such petitions are either publicity interest litigation or personal interest litigation.