Rs 15,000 penalty for wasting HC time

Sep 23, 2012 |

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Madras High Court

The Madras high court has imposed a cost of Rs 15,000 on a litigant for wasting the time of the court by making a false complaint and for suppressing facts.

Justice S. Nagamuthu dismissed with cost the petition filed by Henry Thiayagaraj and directed him to pay the amount to Dalit Liberation Education Trust (DLET).

The petitioner claimed to be the managing trustee of DLET in Kancheepuram district and lodged a complaint with the police alleging that whereabouts were not known of two vehicles of the trust used for carrying students of educational institutions run by it.

He said that this amounted to theft. The petitioner said no case was registered and sought a direction to police to register a case.

One V. Karuppan, a retired IAS officer who was appointed by the court as an interim administrator to manage the affairs of the trust, and one Paul Paneerselvam have taken away the two vehicles, have taken away the two vehicles, the petition contended.

A.R. Nixon, counsel for Karuppan, submitted that Karuppan was now managing the trust and its properties and that the two vehicles were at the workshop and have not been stolen by anybody.

The counsel added that the petitioner had not handed over the documents relating to the vehicles to the interim administrator for renewing the FC and also renewing insurance for the vehicles, he said.

The judge said the petitioner has not stated in the complaint as well as in the petition that vehicles were in the workshop but has made allegations against Karuppan.

If the petitioner has any grievance against the way in which Karuppan was administering, he can
very well workout his remedy in the manner known to law.

But he cannot refuse to handover the documents relating to the vehicles to the administrator. “I am of the firm view that by suppressing all the facts and by making a false representation to this court, the
petitioner has made an attempt to abuse the process of law by going to the police with a false complaint and also by approaching this court by filing this petition.

The precious time of this court has been wasted by the petitioner. Therefore, the petition is dismissed with cost”, the judge added.

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