"Scurrilous": Supreme Court junks plea by environmentalist to be appointed President of India

A bench of Justices DY Chandrachud and Hima Kohli took a strong view of the plea calling it scurrilous and an abuse of the process of the court and also directed the registry not to entertain such petitions in future.

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Abhimanyu Hazarika

The Supreme Court on Friday came down upon an environmentalist for filing a petition seeking his appointment as the President of India after removing current President Droupadi Murmu from the post. (Kishore Jagganath Sawant vs Union of India and ors)

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Justice DY Chandrachud

President of India

"Scurrilous": Supreme Court junks plea by environmentalist to be appointed President of India

Abhimanyu Hazarika

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