SC gives PIL-lawyer Bhushan a lesson in public interest; terms a PIL argued by him as personal interest plea
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Veteran advocate Prashant Bhushan, who argued several important public interest litigations resulting in landmark decisions from constitutional courts, on Thursday was called out by the Supreme Court for arguing a businessman’s personal case camouflaging it as a PIL.The ‘PIL’ was filed by K M Cherian, who had set up Frontier Lifeline, a company which has gone into liquidation. He had lost a challenge to the liquidation process against the company before the National Company law Tribunal and appellate tribunal NCLAT. His petitions against State Bank of India in a related issue was also ‘dismissed as withdrawn’ by the SC.
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