Re: [Goanet] HC raps housewife for filing PIL

[Dr . Ferdinando dos Reis Falcão]

 

Here’s the link to the news report.

 

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/Housewife-invites-HC-ire-over-Jaitapur/articleshow/7422498.cms

 

Courts function on evidence. When a PIL is filed based on news
reports, the news paper is filed as evidence, the editor and the reporter are
called in for giving evidence or submitting affidavits. 

In case of news reports from internet, I guess the Courts cannot
take a decision as there is no evidence on record. And the Courts are not to
investigate in a PIL if what the petitioner states is true. Evidence needs to
be presented to the Courts so that they can issue directives.




Dr. Ferdinando dos Reis Falcão.