The Delhi High Court on Friday imposed a penalty of Rs 1 lakh on a petitioner whereas dismissing his plea difficult the appointment of DY Chandrachud because the chief justice of India, Bar and Bench reported.
Justice Chandrachud was appointed because the fiftieth chief justice of India on Wednesday. He took over from Justice UU Lalit.
In his plea, the petitioner Sanjeev Kumar Tiwari had argued Justice Chandrachud’s appointment violated constitutional provisions and sought a right away keep, in response to Live Law.
Tiwari, who described himself as “a well-trained intelligent common citizen”, had additionally demanded a probe by safety businesses towards Justice Chandrachud “to ascertain he does not have any kind of relationship with the anti-nationals and Naxalite Christian terrorists”.
During the listening to on Friday, a division bench of Chief Justice Satish Chandra Sharma and Justice Subramonium Prasad mentioned that the plea was filed to realize publicity.
On October 2, the Supreme Court had additionally dismissed a petition demanding that Justice Chandrachud be restrained from taking oath as the following chief justice of India.
The plea was primarily based on a letter written by a person named Rashid Khan Pathan to President Droupadi Murmu, making a number of allegations towards Justice Chandrachud.
Pathan claimed that Justice Chandrachud had heard a particular go away petition associated to proceedings earlier than the Bombay High Court at the same time as his son was among the many legal professionals of the litigants. Pathan had additionally alleged that the choose disregarded settled legislation whereas dismissing a petition questioning restrictions on residents who had not taken the coronavirus vaccine.
