IT News
Imphal, July 28:
The Manipur High Court had dismissed a PIL filed against MSPCL officials for failing to comply with recommendations of the Manipur Lokayukta.
One Laitonjam Megachandra, a resident of Pishum Ningom Leirak, Imphal West, filed a PIL in the High Court of Manipur seeking a direction to the authorities of the State Government to pass orders in terms of the order dated 07.02.2022 passed by the Manipur Lokayukta in Complaint Case No.2 of 2020 and more particularly, in Paras 25 (D) & (E). On February 7, 2022, Manipur Lokayukta directed the State Government not to allow certain individuals to function in their official positions and to entrust their duties to others until the completion of the investigation against them. On July 25, 2002, the Hon’ble Chief Justice Mr. Sanjay Kumar and the Hon’ble Mr. Justice MV Muralidaran of the High Court of Manipur dismissed the PIL. The Hon’ble Court in this PIL had made the observation that the petitioner lacked bonafide in his motive and actions in filing and pursuing PIL No. 10 of 2022.
The Manipur High Court has also made the final remark in its order that though the petitioner is fully deserving of being mulcted with exemplary costs, the Court desists from doing so as the issue raised by him was in the public interest, though his motives were obviously not.
