Supreme Court imposes ₹5 lakh costs on petitioner who wanted to stop demolition of Supertech twin towers, use it for hospital/ university

A Bench of Justices DY Chandrachud and Sudhanshu Dhulia asked how a PIL could have been filed on a subject matter which had attained finality with the top court's verdict.

Justices DY Chandrachud and Sudhanshu Dhulia with supreme court

The Supreme Court on Monday imposed ₹5 lakh costs on an NGO which filed a public interest litigation (PIL) petition with a prayer to utilise the Supertech twin towers in NOIDA towards a public purpose like a university or hospital instead of demolishing them as per the top court's August 2021 judgment [Centre for Law and Good Governance vs State of Uttar Pradesh and ors].

Loading content, please wait...

Supreme Court of India

Justice DY Chandrachud

Supertech