In Brief
The Supreme Court dismissed a writ petition filed under Article 32 seeking to declare a constitutional officer ineligible and to challenge recommendations made by high officials. The petitioners, who were disgruntled after their special leave petitions failed, sought to present imagined situations that fell outside justiciability. The Court held that the petition was malicious, vexatious, and unjusticiable. Personal grievance is necessary for constitutional remedies; failed litigants cannot use public interest litigation to malign high authorities or to challenge judicial decisions in their own cases. The Court debarred the petitioners from filing further PILs unless personally aggrieved, with threat of contempt for violation.
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