The Supreme Court was hearing a miscellaneous application (MA) filed in a public interest litigation (PIL) petition that was earlier dismissed.
While dismissing the PIL, the bench of Justices Ravikumar and MR Shah had, in December, said that India is a secular country and that such prayers cannot be made by way of PILs.
It had, therefore, imposed costs of ₹1 lakh on the petitioner for filing the “misconceived” plea.
The petitioner, in his MA, sought a relaxation of the said amount. However, the bench noted yesterday that the sum has not yet been deposited.
It, thus, proceeded to initiate contempt of court proceedings against the petitioner.
Source: Barandbench
