The matter will now be heard by a regular bench on July 1.
Bench asks LiveLaw's reporter to stop reporting court proceedings and leave the courtroom#RahulGandhi https://t.co/4q5spb8BlN Justice Mathur : Aap (referring to the reporter of Live Law) bahar jaaiye aur wahan reporting kijiye apni.
#AllahabadHighCourt — Live Law (@LiveLawIndia) June 26, 2024 This report is based only on the Court's observations made until the reporter was asked to leave the courtroom.
Court asks the Advocate if he has filed a Demand Draft of Rs.
This direction was passed stating that Pandey is involved in filing PILs merely as a means of publicity.
Without going into the merits of the case, the Allahabad High Court today adjourned hearing in a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) plea seeking to set aside Congress leader Rahul Gandhi's election as an MP from the Rae Bareli Lok Sabha seat on the ground that he is not an Indian Citizen but a British citizen and thus ineligible to contest the polls.
The matter will now be heard by a regular bench on July 1. During the course of the hearing, a vacation bench of Justice Alok Mathur and Justice Arun Kumar Singh Deshwal asked LiveLaw's reporter (Associate Editor Sparsh Upadhyay) to stop reporting court proceedings and leave the courtroom. Bench asks LiveLaw's reporter to stop reporting court proceedings and leave the courtroom
#RahulGandhi https://t.co/4q5spb8BlN Justice Mathur : Aap (referring to the reporter of Live Law) bahar jaaiye aur wahan reporting kijiye apni. #AllahabadHighCourt — Live Law (@LiveLawIndia) June 26, 2024 This report is based only on the Court's observations made until the reporter was asked to leave the courtroom. Court asks the Advocate if he has filed a Demand Draft of Rs. 25K with the Registry As the PIL was taken up, the vacation bench at the outset asked Advocate Ashok Pandey (counsel appearing for the PIL petitioner) whether he had filed a Demand Draft of Rs. 25,000/- along with the plea.
Justice Deshwal orally remarked:
“Allahabad HC ke aadesh ke anusar aapki (referring to Advocate Ashok Pandey) koi bhi PIL petition 25,000/- ki cost ke bina nahin dayar ki jaa sakti” [As per the order of Allahabad HC, no PIL petition of yours (referring to advocate Ashok Pandey) could be filed without the submission of a cost of Rs 25,000/-] The bench was referring to a 2016 Judgment of the Allahabad High Court, wherein the HC had directed its Registry that each petition (filed by Advocate Pandey or Hindu Personal Law Board) be accepted for filing only if it is accompanied by a Demand Draft of Rs 25,000/-. This direction was passed stating that Pandey is involved in filing PILs merely as a means of publicity.
