New Delhi, Feb. 26 -- The Supreme Court on Monday came down heavily on a lawyer seeking directions to the High Court for posting a matter to an early date and said ''It has become a trend to file Special Leave Petitions (SLPs) merely seeking to issue notice or grant adjournments to other courts.''
''The Court imposed a fine of Rs 1 lakh on the petitioner saying this was to send a message to Advocates-on-Record (and Counsels engaged by them) that frivolous petitions should not be filed.''
A Bench of Justice BR Gavai, Justice Rajesh Bindal, and Justice Sandeep Mehta expressed displeasure in the manner Special Leave Petitions were being filed by the Advocates on Record (AoR) against High Court orders for merely issuing notice or granting ad...