The Supreme Court docket on Monday pulled up an advocate who filed a petition searching for instructions to conduct a analysis on whether or not onion and garlic had ‘tamasic’ or ‘adverse’ content material.
Dismissing the petition as frivolous, the bench comprising Chief Justice of India Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi rebuked the lawyer, who appeared as party-in-person, for submitting such a PIL.
“Why do you wish to harm the feelings of the Jain neighborhood?” CJI Surya Kant requested.
The petitioner replied, “As a result of this challenge is quite common, in Gujarat, just lately a divorce occurred due to onions in meals.”
Expressing deep dissatisfaction with the petition, CJI noticed, “Subsequent time you give you this sort of frivolous petition, you will notice what we are going to do!”
The petition, filed beneath Article 32 of the Structure, sought instructions to represent a committee and conduct analysis on what was tamsik or adverse content material in onion and garlic. Jains keep away from onions, garlics and root greens, relating to them as ‘tamasic’ meals.
Other than this petition, the lawyer, Sachin Gupta, had filed three different PILs as effectively. One sought instructions to control the dangerous content material in alcohol and tobacco merchandise. The second sought instructions to make sure necessary registration of properties. The third one sought tips relating to declaration of classical languages.
The Court docket dismissed all petitions as obscure and frivolous. The Court docket famous that the petitions had been poorly drafted, searching for obscure aid. “Such frivolous issues are burdening the Court docket,” CJI Surya Kant stated.
The Chief Justice stated that the Court docket would have imposed exemplary prices on the petitioner had he not been a lawyer.
Case : SACHIN GUPTA v. UNION OF INDIA Diary No. 53583-2025, Diary No. 53368-2025, 53585-2025 and so on.
