The
Supreme Court on Monday dismissed a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) seeking
measures to ensure the safety of tourists in remote hilly regions of Jammu and
Kashmir following the Pahalgam terror attack.
A
bench comprising Justices Surya Kant and N Kotiswar Singh noted that the
petitioner, advocate Vishal Tiwari, seemed to be filing successive PILs
primarily for "publicity", without genuine public interest.
The
bench, in its order, said, "The petitioner is indulging in filing one
after the other PIL in which the primary aim appears to be to get publicity
with no real interest in the public cause."
"Why
have you filed this kind of PIL? What is your real motive? Don't you understand
the sensitivity of the issue? I think you are inviting some exemplary cost for
filing this PIL," Justice Surya Kant told Tiwari, reported news
agency PTI.
The
April 22 attack took place in Baisaran meadow, a well-known tourist destination
in Pahalgam in Jammu and Kashmir's Anantnag district. Terrorists opened fire,
killing 26 people - most of them tourists.
The
attack heightened the tensions between India and Pakistan, with both countries
taking a number of diplomatic actions.
India
implemented several diplomatic measures, including suspending the 1960 Indus
Waters Treaty, stopping cross-border trade via the Attari Integrated Check
Post, and revoking the Saarc Visa Exemption Scheme for Pakistani nationals.