SC slams Uttarakhand govt. for filing “frivolous” appeal, warns of penal action
The Hindu
The top court dismissed the petition with a warning to the State that any other attempt of frivolous litigation in the court may be visited with penalisation of the officers responsible for sanctioning.
The Supreme Court has slammed the Uttarakhand government for filing a “frivolous” appeal challenging reduction of sentence of a man in a case of attempt to murder.
A bench of Justices Dinesh Maheshwari and Vikram Nath noted that the counsel for the accused did not challenge the conviction before the Uttarakhand High Court and only argued for the reduction of sentence, and the lawyer for the State did not oppose such a prayer for the reduction of sentence.
The top court dismissed the petition filed by the Uttarakhand government with a warning to the State that any other attempt of frivolous litigation in this court may be visited with penalisation of the officers responsible for sanctioning.
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