Pradeep Kumar Singh v. Union of India and 3 Others
Public Interest Litigation – maintainability
Case brief
What is this about?
PIL No. 722 of 2022, Pradeep Kumar Singh v/s Union of India and others (High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Coram: Rajesh Bindal, C.J. and Piyush Agrawal, J.), decided 22.04.2022. Division Bench dismissed a public interest litigation raising the issue of establishment of a petroleum outlet where high tension wires were alleged to pass through the area, holding that the petitioner had not disclosed credentials under Rule-1 (3-A), Chapter XXII, Allahabad High Court Rules, 1952, and that an issue against one individual, already examined and found baseless by the authorities, cannot be entertained as a PIL.
What did the court decide?
The petitioner has not disclosed his credentials in the petition as required by Rule-1 (3-A), Chapter XXII of the Allahabad High Court Rules, 1952. ¶14