Delhi Court Imposes Rs 10,000 Fine On Man Seeking Transfer Of Cases
NDTV
The petitioner has sought transfer of the subject judicial proceedings on the allegation of bias against the Judicial Officer concerned.
A Delhi Court has imposed a penalty of Rs 10,000 on a litigant and dismissed his petition for seeking transfer of the proceedings from a court to another.
The petitioner has sought transfer of the subject judicial proceedings on the allegation of bias against the Judicial Officer concerned.
"It is held that the transfer petition is not just completely devoid of merit, but the same is also frivolous and an attempt at protracting the proceedings before the concerned court by levelling baseless allegations. Therefore, the petition is dismissed with a cost of Rs 10,000 to be paid by the petitioner to the respondent before the concerned court of Additional Rent Controller within one week towards litigation cost of the respondent pertaining to these proceedings," District and Sessions Judge Girish Kathpalia said on November 15.
The court also said if the subject proceedings are transferred out of the court of the Judicial Officer concerned, such an approach would further encourage the litigants to indulge in forum shopping by levelling allegations against a Judicial Officer in order to protract and get the proceedings transferred.
