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2015 (8) TMI 1572 - HC - Indian LawsInaction of the Officer-in-Charge, Jorasanko Police Station (hereafter the said O.C.) in taking steps for registration of an FIR - complaints in relation to a perceived hate speech delivered by a Member of Parliament (hereafter the said member) owing allegiance to the political party in power in this State, while addressing a public rally - HELD THAT:- To err is human, but it has to be remembered that this is not a writ petition at the instance of a stranger or a busybody attempting to gain cheap popularity by espousing a pretended public cause; it is inter alia at the instance of a political party which, in the parliamentary elections last conducted in the country, was successful in emerging as the party having the maximum number of representatives in the Lok Sabha and is also part of the ruling dispensation at the Centre. Invocation of extraordinary writ jurisdiction of a high Court by a political party of the stature of the first petitioner, not being unmindful of the influence that it wields on the common people, pertaining to a sensitive issue in such a disorganized manner and with such a casual approach not only merits to be deprecated but the time is now ripe, when the Courts in India are faced with a deluge of litigation from aggrieved persons seeking justice and the Courts are hard pressed in listening to the grievance of each one of them, to send a strong signal that the Courts are not the place for settling political scores and that wastage of judicial time, though nominal in measure, would not be tolerated. This bench has no hesitation to hold that not only should this writ petition be not entertained in view of the developments post the decision in Biplab Kumar Chowdhury but the petitioners ought to suffer exemplary costs so as to remind the first petitioner that howsoever strong and mighty it is in the political scene, it must respect the laws of the country while seeking to invoke the extra-ordinary jurisdiction of the Court and not suppress facts or produce a tampered document to suit its end. Petition dismissed.
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