Blow to Prashant Bhushan! Plea against ex-Supreme Court judge and PCI Chief rejected
New Delhi, April 11: In a blow to Prashant Bhushan, the Supreme Court on Friday rejected a PIL filed by him seeking an FIR against a recently retired apex court judge CK Prasad. He demaded it for alleged "abuse of judicial power" and "criminal misconduct".
He alleged that the judge passed some inappropriate orders in a civil appeal during his tenure as a judge, saying if such pleas are taken up it will "open dangerous doors".
A bench comprising Justices Dipak Misra and Prafulla C Pant rejected the plea filed by lawyer Prashant Bhushan against the PCI Chairman.
"In our considered opinion, the Supreme Court judgement in the Lalita Kumari case (which mandates registration of FIR in certain cases) is not applicable in the present facts of the present case," the bench said.
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It further said that if it entertains such petitions then "it will open dangerous doors". "The orders, may be absurd, of the high courts and Supreme Court judges, cannot be allowed to be challenged in this manner," the bench said.
The observation came when senior advocate Shanti Bhushan, appearing for his lawyer son, Prashant, said, "it's an open and shut case and FIR should be registered.
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Just because he happens to be a Supreme Court judge, it should not be denied."
The PIL alleged that Justice Prasad, during his tenure as Supreme Court judge, passed an order after (rpt after) directing listing of a civil appeal before him which was previously pending before another bench.
OneIndia News
(With inputs from agencies)