Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Feb 24: A Division Bench of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh High Court comprising Justice Atul Sreedharan and Justice Rajesh Sekhri has imposed a fine of Rs 10,000 on a man for filing a ‘frivolous’ plea objecting to the construction of a hospital near the wall of an Army establishment.
The DB found that the petitioner Press Core Council had not presented any evidence to demonstrate how the construction of a hospital, intended for public benefit, could pose a threat to the military establishment.
“The averments relating to terrorists and other unlawful elements make use of the hospital is far-fetched. Most importantly, the institution which is the best placed to raise such an objection at all was the Army itself,” the DB said, adding “the stand taken by the petitioner is absurd and downright preposterous. It is unimaginable that the interest of the petitioner with regard to the national security and the safety of the military establishment could be greater than that of the Ministry of Defence, which is directly vested with the responsibility of ensuring national security”.
The DB dismissed the plea with cost of Rs 10,000 to be paid by the petitioner to the Army Welfare Fund.
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