In 2017 court imposed costs of ₹5 lakh each on two persons for filing a ‘motivated’ plea challenging then CJI appointment
The Supreme Court on Friday said it would not hear any “professional public interest litigants” unless they deposited the fines imposed on them by the court.
The top court was hearing an application filed by two persons on whom the apex court had in August 2017 imposed a costs of ₹5 lakh each for filing a “motivated” petition challenging the appointment of then Chief Justice Dipak Misra.
They had also questioned the practise of recommending to the President, the name of successor by the incumbent Chief Justice of India.
