The Supreme Court has said that no legal system can
have a scenario where someone keeps on raking up an issue repeatedly once it is
resolved at the highest level and termed it a "complete wastage of the
judicial time".
The remarks came as the apex court dismissed with a
cost of Rs 10,000 a plea filed by a man noting that he was dismissed from
service and the matter stood closed in 2004.
It noted that a review petition in the matter was
also rejected.
A bench of Justice S K Kaul and Justice Aravind
Kumar said the petitioner has not filed a curative plea but a writ petition
under Article 32 of the Constitution claiming that injustice has been done to
him and the matter should be reopened.
Article 32 of the Constitution gives individuals the
right to move the Supreme Court for justice when they feel their fundamental
rights have been infringed.
"No legal system can have a scenario where a
person keeps on raking up the issue again and again once it is resolved at the
highest level. This is a complete waste of judicial time," the bench said
in its order passed on May 1.
"We, thus, dismiss this petition with costs,
though we limit the amount of cost considering the petitioner is a dismissed
person," it said.
The bench directed that the cost of Rs 10,000 be
deposited with the Supreme Court Advocates-on-Record Welfare Fund to be
utilised for the Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) library.