SC dismisses PIL claiming Amartya Sen is not a Nobel Laureate

PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

NEW DELHI, DEC 16: Whether noted economist, Amartya Sen, won the Nobel prize for economics or received the Bank of Sweden prize for economic sciences in memory of Alfred Nobel cannot be the subject matter of a public interest litigation (PIL), the Supreme Court said today. Dismissing a PIL claiming that Sen was not a Nobel laureate but winner of a prize given by the Swedish bank, a three-judge Bench headed by Justice S P Bharucha cajoled the petitioner, S C Roy, for bringing such an issue to the court and said ``this is a classic example of PIL being misused.''

The Bench repeatedly asked the petitioner's counsel, T P Misra, as to how the issue could be a subject matter of a PIL When no satisfactory reply was provided by the counsel, the Bench said, ``the petition was totally misconceived''. The court also rejected the oral request of Mishra, to approach appropriate forum to seek redressal.

Top

Printer-friendly page