Tuesday, July 12, 2011

SUPREME COURT OF INDIA REFUSED TO PASS ANY ORDER AGAINST MR. KAPIL SIBAL IS A MATTER OF FAVOUR. ************************************* Supreme court refused to pass any order against telecom minister Mr kapil Sibal for allegedly lowering penalty from 650 crore to 5 crore. The court acted on the PIL filed on behalf of CPIL( CENTRE FOR PUBLIC INTEREST LITIGATION). The justices were MR G S SINGHVI AND MR A K GANGULY. Consider the following-

1. Why supreme court refused to take action on the pretext that the matter is not related to 2G scam whereas both the issues are related to revenue.
2. The court said that if the lowering of penalty was an illegal action, whosoever has the locus standi, will challenge it in the appropriate forum. The important question is then why SUPREME COURT entertains 'PIL'?
3. The SC bench said 'it is open for the CBI to investigate'. Is it supreme court version or Mr Sibal's advocasy?