The Supreme Court dismissed a plea wherein seeking to declare Sri Sri Thakur Anukul Chandra as ‘Paramaatma’/ The court remarking that ‘“India is a secular country”.
In its order, the bench observed that India is a secular country and the petitioner in the plea cannot be permitted to pray that the citizens of India may accept Sri Sri Thakur Anukul Chandra as Paramaatma (the supreme spirit).
The bench comprising of Justice MR Shah and Justice CT Ravikumar observed and has imposed a cost of Rs 1 lakh on the petitioner for filing a “publicity interest litigation”.
The bench comprising of Justice MR Shah and Justice CT Ravikumar asked the petitioner, if you want you can consider him as Paramaatma. Why are you enforcing such things to others?.
The bench headed by Justice MR Shah informed the petitioner-in-person who was arguing in Hindi that, (We are not here to listen to your lecture.
We all are a secular country)”, Hum yeh sare lecture sunne nahi sunne aaye hain. Hum secular desh hain.
Adding to which Justice Shah stated that, (You are saying that everyone should accept your Guruji. How can that be, brother? In India everyone has a right to choose their God), Aap mano ki ek hi Guruji hain… Aise kabhi hota hain bhaiya? Sabko pura adhikar hain yaha, yeh country mein, jisko jo dharam maana hain, mane.
Therefore, the bench headed by Justice Shah observed and has remarked that was not a “genuine PIL” and imposed a heavy cost while dismissing it. While stating that now people are going to think at least 4 times before filing such Public Interest Litigations.