Supreme Court Imposes Fine Of Rs 5 Lakh For "Motivated" Plea Against Ex-Chief Justice's Appointment

Swami Om (now deceased) and Mukesh Jain had in 2017 questioned the practise of recommending to the President, the name of successor by the incumbent Chief Justice of India.

The Supreme Court today directed that Rs 5 lakh cost be recovered from the land of a litigant who had filed a motivated petition in 2017 challenging the appointment of the then Chief Justice Dipak Misra. Swami Om (now deceased) and Mukesh Jain had in 2017 questioned the practise of recommending to the President, the name of successor by the incumbent Chief Justice of India. A bench of Justices DY Chandrachud and MR Shah also took note of the application for reduction of cost filed by Mr Jain, who is currently in Balasore jail in Odisha in another case and said he has again made some unfounded allegations against the judges of the Supreme Court. The bench said the competent authority may recover the cost imposed from the arrears of land of Mr Jain.